A documentary film series exploring cringe-worthy moments in American history.  Learn about our past and take a look at decisions facing us today. Will our collective conscience be clear in the future?  (First Friday each month all year - different topics every month.)

This month: Pete McCloskey Leading From the Front  61 minutes

The colorful story of former Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey, a true political "maverick", who was both a Marine war hero in Korea and a leading peace advocate during Vietnam. In 1973, after the Watergate scandal broke, McCloskey was the first member of Congress from either party to call for the impeachment of Nixon, his own party's President. Before he served in Congress, McCloskey was one of the nation's first environmental lawyers, and one of the first attorneys to racially integrate his legal practice.

 In 2006, at age 78, he was so outraged by the corruption in the Republican-controlled Congress and his party's anti-environmental policies that he led what he called "the revolt of the elders" and reentered politics.  McCloskey's is a story of a man who dedicates his life to public service and follows his conscience, despite the prevailing political winds.