ITEM 1: Hey, remember when Maggie Haberman of NYT heard the band play Edelweiss at Trump's White House and freaked out thinking it was a Nazi song? It was written by two Jewish men a dozen years after the war and for their antiwar, anti-Nazi musical The Sound of Music.
And now for the rest of the story.In the movie version of the musical, Julie Andrews portrayed Maria Von Trapp, who became the matriarch of a family of singers.
Life News reported, "The von Trapps were new to America when Maria was pregnant with her son, Johannes, the youngest of their 10 children. The family also was struggling financially because they recently had lost their fortune in a bank crash in Europe, according to the report.
"Then, more bad news came. When Maria visited a doctor complaining of severe back pains, he told her that she needed to abort her baby."
They were Catholic.
The story said, "However, the von Trapps refused to consider aborting their unborn son. Instead, they began to pray, asking God to heal both Maria and Johannes. When Maria went into labor, the family gathered together to pray the rosary and sing hymns together, she wrote in her book."
Lord willing and the creek don't rise, he will celebrate his 83rd birthday next month...Much more here, read all!
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