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Harry Truman

The Red Scare: A Personal History

June 29, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall 2 Comments

New York Times, May 1948 The Seagle Festival will present the contemporary opera “Fellow Travelers” in Schroon Lake, NY August 3rd through 6th.

“Fellow Travelers” is set in the Washington, DC of the 1950s, as the anti-communist crusades of Richard Nixon, Joseph McCarthy and their ilk infiltrate and all but overwhelm every department, agency and office in government.

I can not help but reminded of my own family’s experience with “the Red Scare” during the administration of President Harry Truman. [Read more…] about The Red Scare: A Personal History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Harry Truman, Journalism, Lake George, Peace Studies, Political History, Sarah Lawrence College, Social History, Socialism, Warren County, World War Two

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