Del Tachi
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« on: July 03, 2011, 03:25:32 PM » |
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The only Silent Generation president is Jimmy Carter, but McCain would have been too if he was elected.
The Silent Generation encompasses individuals who experienced the Great Depression as children, were too young to fight in WWII, and entered young adulthood during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy years. The oldest members of this generation were much like the G.I. Generation and were among the first suburbanites of the '50s, while younger members of this generation probably aligned more closley with the Beatnik and "Hippie".
The most famous American to be a member of the Silent Generation is Martin Luther King, Jr.
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