Some people refer to them as the World War II Generation. Tom Brokaw called them “The Greatest Generation”… and when you stop and think about it, there were (and are) indeed a lot of great things about them.
They had…
Great melodies in their music. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and many others… what generation has had better music than that?
They had…
Great devotion to family life, commitment to marriage, romance in their courtships, responsibility in parenting, courtesy and respect to their mothers and fathers, pride in their appearance, togetherness as a family… what generation has been more family-centered than that?
And perhaps most dramatically… they had…
Great loyalty in all their relationships… loyal to God, loyal to their church, loyal to their school…