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Crusade for Freedom

The Crusade began a second American campaign, led by Harold Stassen, on Labor Day (3 September) 1951.

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One of the Crusade's first actions was to create a Freedom Bell, designed after the American Liberty Bell.

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Leaping Lena was a homing pigeon, reported lost in early August, 1954 during a routine flight in West Germany, and then found again bearing an anti-Communist note signed "Unbowed Pilsen." She was flown to the United States, and treated as a Cold War hero.

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Clips this film were shown as advertisements (produced by the Hearst Corporation and the Advertising Council) for the Crusade for Freedom during the 1951–2 fundraising campaign.

James Lambie

Before joining Dwight D. Eisenhower’s campaign staff in 1952 he worked for the National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc., and Crusade for Freedom.

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