I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
This [Federal Reserve Act] establishes the most gigantic trust on earth. When the President (Woodrow Wilson) signs this bill, the invisible government of the monetary power will be legalized....the worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking and currency bill.
Charles Lindbergh, Sr.
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Preface
As we revisit my 2021 essay, “The Lindbergh Legacy,” it is essential to draw connections between the insights of Charles Lindbergh Sr. and the contemporary financial landscape. In 1923, Lindbergh penned “Lindbergh on the Federal Reserve,” a book that remains remarkably relevant in today’s economic discourse. Lindbergh’s prescient warnings about the Federal Reserve’s potential to precipitate financial calamity resonate strongly amidst our current economic conditions.
With national debt exceeding $30 trillion, the structural vulnerabilities of our financial system are becoming increasingly apparent. Lindbergh’s critique of the Federal Reserve as a potential harbinger of economic downfall appears prophetic and increasingly pertinent as we navigate these turbulent financial waters.
Regardless of party affiliation, the political dramas that dominate our current election cycles distract from these underlying financial issues. Lindbergh foresaw that such diversions would obscure the fundamental challenges of the Federal Reserve’s influence. As we explore “The Lindbergh Legacy” again, let us consider the enduring relevance of Lindbergh’s insights and their implications for our future.
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Those not absorbed by the mind machine we live under have a sense of history. Thus, they are familiar with the famous aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 1902-1974. Nevertheless, few know about his father, so please stay tuned.
On May 20, 1927, Charles Augustus left New York aboard the Spirit of St. Louis plane and arrived in Paris on May 21. Charles Jr. made this first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 33 hours and 29 minutes. As a result of this feat, Lindbergh gained immediate worldwide fame.
On March 21, 1929, Charles Jr. received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and throughout the rest of his life, he served America as an aviation advisor. On March 1, 1932, Richard Hauptmann kidnapped his 20-month-old son Charles Augustus, Jr. III from the Lindbergh home in New Jersey. The ransom demands dragged on for ten weeks, and after that, the officials found the body of the boy. Accounts show the boy died on the way out of the window of the house as the kidnapper’s ladder failed. In 1934, police arrested Bruno Richard Hauptmann, charging him with the murder. Convicted, Hauptmann faced execution in 1936. As a result of the Lindbergh kidnapping, Congress passed the “Lindbergh Law,” which makes kidnapping a federal offense if the perpetrator(s) uses the postal service for ransom demands or transports the victim across state lines.
The kidnapping was a sensation, and the media, along with onlookers, constantly pestered the Lindbergh family. After the Hauptmann trial in 1935, Lindbergh and the rest of his family (wife and their 3-year-old son Jon) moved to Europe for privacy and safety. In 1938, Charles Jr. accepted the German Eagle from Hermann Goering, the Nazis’ second in command. That raised questions about his loyalty. In 1939, he and his family returned to the United States.1
Charles Jr. railed against America’s voluntary involvement in World War II. While he campaigned against involvement in the war before the Pearl Harbor attack (1941), many people criticized him for his pacifism. It was not until the 1960s that Charles Jr. spoke out again, but this time, it was to conserve natural resources. He no longer spoke about pacifist issues.
Charles Jr. joined the reserves and quickly rose to the rank of Colonel but resigned from his officer’s commission on April 29, 1941. However, he continued to serve in the Pacific during World War II as a technical advisor, teaching fighter pilots how to increase the range of their planes. In this Pacific theater, he flew P-38 fighters in combat missions. In one of those missions, a Japanese pilot got shot down. After the war, Lindberg continued to serve the country in many ways. On April 7, 1954, the military commissioned him as a Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserves.
During the last six years, Charles Jr. found his paradise in Maui, Hawaii, and built a home there. On August 26, 1974, at the age of 72, Charles Jr. passed away due to cancer. Following his request, his family buried him in his work clothing consisting of his favorite plaid shirt, khaki pants, and a Hudson’s Bay blanket he had once brought from Canada for his mother. Private services occurred at the Palapala Ho’omau church, and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin headlined his departure “EAGLE’S FINAL FLIGHT.” The inscription on his grave near his home reads, “If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea” (Psalm 139).
Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr.
The aviator’s father, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Sr. (1859 – 1924), was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and came to the United States in 1860 with his parents and settled in Minnesota. Charles Sr. graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor law department in 1883 with admission to the bar the same year. He practiced law in Little Falls, Minnesota. He served five terms in the House of Representatives from 1907 to 1917. He did not seek reelection for a sixth term and was unsuccessful in bidding for a seat in the Senate.
After serving in Congress, Charles Sr. resumed law practice and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota as a Progressive Republican in 1918. Smears by editors of the New York Times and raids on his home and office by federal agents damaged this campaign. After that, he was a candidate for the nomination for Governor on the Farmer-Labor ticket in 1924, but he died on May 24, 1924, just before the primary election occurred. With the remains cremated, the ashes ended up in the columbarium in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
During his service as a Republican congressman, Charles Sr. attacked the methods of large industrial trusts and sponsored various reforms. He spearheaded the investigation of the money trusts and, in particular, the inherent troubles of the Federal Reserve. As a result, he faced demonization for his denunciation of war propaganda and profiteering. His 1917 book “Why Is Your Country at War?” faced suppression (like the cancel culture of today) and contributed to his defeated campaign for the Senate. He also wrote the book “The Economic Pinch,” first published in 1923 (currently reprinted with the cover “Lindbergh on the Federal Reserve), just one year before his sudden death during his second quest for Governor of Minnesota.
In his books, Charles Sr. outlines the money masters and their influence on the American economy. He details how panics are scientifically created under the Federal Reserve Act (see Creature From Jekyll Island - A Second Look) and how the money supply is controlled and created. He was the first public official to expose the fraudulent system birthed in 1913, the Federal Reserve. Charles Sr. would today be known as a radical extremist (for telling the truth), and just before the passage of the Federal Reserve Act (December 23, 1913), he said:
“The money trust deliberately caused the 1907 money panic and thereby forced Congress to create a National Monetary Commission which led to the ultimate creation of the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank. The Federal Reserve Act establishes the most gigantic monetary trust on earth. When the President signs the bill, the invisible government of the Monetary Powers will be legalized. The people must make a declaration of independence to relieve themselves from the Monetary Powers, by taking control of Congress!...The worst legislative crime of the ages is perpetrated by this banking bill. The caucus and the party bosses have again operated and prevented the people from getting the benefit of their own government!”
Today, people of consequence who speak out about the perils of the Federal Reserve face demonization and/or face the Caustic Cancel Culture Pogrom. If most people knew money had the backing of nothing, it would crash. Can’t have that.
But it will, Trump or not. 📕
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In 2003, a German newspaper reported that Charles Jr., the aviator, had a mistress in Germany who bore him three children during a 17-year relationship that remained hidden from his wife. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, Lindbergh met Brigitte Hesshaimer in Munich in 1957 when he was 55 and kept the relationship until he died in 1974. Hesshaimer, 24 years younger than Lindbergh, died in 1999, and her children – Dyrk, Astrid, and David – have decided to come forward about her relationship with the famed aviator, the respected Munich paper said. Your author does not mention this information to smear Charles Jr. but only to be honest about the information.
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How I am beginning to see the modern money system. People have always exchanged goods. I give you a rabbit today, you give me a fish tomorrow. This agreement can be silent, verbal, or written. The one who dishonors the agreement is shunned. Modern money extends this natural process for years, around the world. The bankers are the enforcers of agreements and the archivers of honor and dishonor. This system is immensely corruptible and a satanic paradise. But, it does enable global trade. It started thousands of years ago in Mediterranean/silk-road commerce. The fed and the irs are built on millennia of merchant law. Merchant law is a nightmare.