World War II fundamentally changed the world, not just politically, but also ideologically. Many US veterans who returned from the war expected to see changes stemming from their actions overseas. For one subset of service members who returned to their Tennessee homes in the mid-1940s, however, things did not look the way they anticipated. The […]

On March 5, 1949, Robin Lee Graham was born in California. Though his childhood resembled most others, he took the world by surprise when, at age 16, he began a multi-year journey to circumnavigate the world in a 24-foot boat. His age was not the only element of note; Robin also committed to sailing alone,