How Sargent Shriver Became America’s Unsung Hero!
Though his name has seemingly been lost to history, Sargent Shriver was arguably one of the most important politicians of the 20th Century, even more so than FDR or Ronald Reagan, and that's ironic - he never wanted to be a politician...
A lawyer by trade, Sargent Shriver only entered the dirty world of politics by virtue of who he was married to: Eunice Kennedy, a member of the famed Kennedy political dynasty.
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Early Life
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was born on November 5 1915 in Westminster, Maryland, as the second son of Robert Sargent Shriver Sr., a stockbroker, and his wife, Hilda (who also happened to be his second cousin).
His family was of mixed Scottish and German ancestry, descended from German immigran...