Plot To Seize The White House Pa

Most peoplewill be shocked to learnthat in 1933 a cabal of wealthy industrialistsin league with groups like the K.K.K. and the American Liberty Leagueplanned to overthrow the U.S. government in a fascist coup. Their plan was to turn discontented veterans into American "brown shirts," deposeF.D.R., and stop the New Deal. They clandestinely asked Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler to become the first American Caesar. He, though, was a true patriot and revealed the plot to journalists and to Congress. In a time when a sitting President has invoked national security to circumvent constitutional checks and balances, this episode puts the spotlight on attacks upon our democracy and the individual courage needed to repel them.

Jules Archer served four years during World War II in the Pacific with the Army Air Corps