57 years ago, Senator Joseph McCarthy made his infamous speech in Wheeling, West Virginia accusing 205 state department employees of having ties to the Communist Party. This would begin his tirades about the “Red menance.” His early death occured seven years after this speech and McCarthy was buried in Appleton, Wisconsin even though he was a native of near by Grand Chute, Wisconsin. Now you know the rest of your history.
On this Day, In History…
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