In 1958, my father joined the John Birch Society and became a - TopicsExpress

Wrapped in the Flag

In 1958, my father joined the John Birch Society and became a national leader. Our home turned into Ground Zero for Birch recruiting in the Midwest. Lots of Dad’s Birch friends stopped by to share a meal, meet new members, and discuss plans for growth and development. One frequent guest was Dr. Revilo P. Oliver, a classics professor from the University of Illinois in Campaign-Urbana. He was a founding member of the Birch Society and a personal friend of Birch founder, Robert Welch. Welch often described Oliver as one of the “ablest speakers on the Americanist side.” Oliver got a hearty welcome from my parents. After all, any friend of Robert Welch was an automatic friend of Stillwell and Laurene Conner. Using the Birch network, Oliver peddled his revised history of World War II; one in which the Jews invented the Holocaust and foisted the story of their imaginary persecution on an unsuspecting world. I heard Oliver spin his vile “Holohoax” ideas right in my parents’ living room.

Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 01:08:53 +0000

In 1958, my father joined the John Birch Society and became a - TopicsExpress

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