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\nThis Four Chaplains stamp, issued in 1948, was designed by Louis Schwimmer. The Army Chaplain Center and School, according to the Chapel of the Four Chaplains<\/a> site, quoted Schwimmer’s son as saying that “this may be the first stamp commemorating a Jew. It is undoubtedly, the first US postage stamp designed by a Jew that commemorates a Jew.” But the stamp has significance in yet another way, according to a recent bestseller. Rabbi Alexander D. Goode of York, Pa., one of the chaplains, is pictured at right. Background posts: ‘Chaplains: The Calm in the Chaos’<\/a>, Often forgotten: Achievements of people named on building facades<\/a> and And now starring actor … Jakie Devers?<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A York County link popped up in Newsweek editor Jon Meacham’s bestselling book “American Gospel.”
\nIndirectly, but it was there… .<\/p>\n


\nIn surveying the unbroken link between religion and government, Meacham wrote that the term “Judeo-Christian” came into play after World War II to recognize the traditions’ “shared values of individual worth, rule of law, and common decency.”
\nAccording to Meacham, government blessed the Judeo-Christian idea by issuing a postage stamp to recognize the World War II chaplains who died on the torpedoed transport ship Dorchester in 1943.
\nYork’s Alexander D. Goode, two Protestant chaplains and a Roman Catholic clergyman drowned after giving up their life jackets to save others.
\nHe noted the stamp read: “Interfaith in action.”
\nThe lives and sacrifices of the Four Chaplains are often cited in a number of different contexts. Just Google the “Four Chaplains” and see.
\nAlexander D. Goode has long been one of York County’s greatest contributions to the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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