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THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE BEACH CHAIR

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Federic Arnold (1922 – 2018)



Fredric Arnold was a "reluctant warrior," creative dynamo and
decorated
World War II combat pilot.

He miraculously survived 50 missions of flying P-38 Lightning
warplanes over North Africa and Europe.

The death he witnessed and inflicted in war was in deep contrast
with the mild-mannered child prodigy artist
from Chicago who
spent the rest of his life as a creator: drawing, writing, acting
and inventing.
 

Among other creative achievements, Arnold patented the
aluminum-and-nylon folding beach chair, so familiar to
summertime sand, surf, backyards and barbecues across
the
United States. 

"Portable and easy to store, the American-style Lawn Chair
is the ultimate symbol of the ideal summer day," Phaidon
Press wrote in its 2018 coffee-table tome, "Chair: 500
Designs That Matter."

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Meet the American who invented the folding beach chair, Fredric Arnold, WWII hero, innovator ...

Meet the American who invented the folding beach chair, Fredric Arnold, WWII hero, innovator ...

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POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

Today in History: September 26, 1960 – First Televised Presidential Debates | USA-eVote

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John Geoghan, The Pedophile Priest Killed By A Molestation Victim In Jail

John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (left ) (June 4, 1935 – August 23, 2003)
was an American serial
child rapist and Catholic priest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He was reassigned to several parish posts involving interaction with
children, even after receiving treatment for
pedophilia.

Geoghan was convicted of sexual abuse, laicized, and sentenced in
2002 to nine to ten years in
Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center,
a
maximum security prison.

Less than a year later, he was murdered there by Joseph Druce 
(above right) an inmate serving a life sentence.
 

Defrocked Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan leave Pictures | Getty Images

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