JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY FOUNDED
Indianapolis, Indiana (JFK+50) On December 9, 1958, the John Birch Society was founded by Robert W. Welch, Jr.* and a group of twelve here in Indianapolis. The headquarters of the JBS was later located in Belmont, Massachusetts.
The stated purpose of the society was to 'promote less government, more responsibility, and a better world.' Mr. Welch writes in 'The Blue Book of The John Birch Society,' published in 1961...
"Our enemy is the Communists, and we do not intend to lose sight of that fact for a minute. We are fighting the Communists---nobody else."
Indianapolis, Indiana (JFK+50) On December 9, 1958, the John Birch Society was founded by Robert W. Welch, Jr.* and a group of twelve here in Indianapolis. The headquarters of the JBS was later located in Belmont, Massachusetts.
The stated purpose of the society was to 'promote less government, more responsibility, and a better world.' Mr. Welch writes in 'The Blue Book of The John Birch Society,' published in 1961...
"Our enemy is the Communists, and we do not intend to lose sight of that fact for a minute. We are fighting the Communists---nobody else."
The Society was named after John M. Birch, a Baptist missionary. Mr. Birch, who served in the US Air Force and as an intelligence officer in China, was shot and killed by Communists in 1945. John Birch is considered to be the first casualty of the Cold War.
Robert Welch
