Lex Anteinternet: Sunday August 10, 1941. Attending services

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Sunday August 10, 1941. Attending services

On this day in 1941 Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill attended shipboard services.

Roosevelt and Churchill were both co-religious, both being members of churches in the Anglican Communion. Roosevelt was Episcopalian and Churchill a member of the Church of England. Interestingly, Churchill was nonobservant but personally had very conventional morals, whereas Roosevelt was observant but had at least one long-standing illicit affair.

Barely visible on the left side of the photograph is George C. Marshall. The 1901 VMI graduate was also an Episcopalian, as was the eclectic polymath, George Patton.

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

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