Lewis, Joseph

1889 - Born on the 11th of June.  

1920 - Lewis moved to New York where he became the president of Freethinkers of America.

1925 - Founder and 1st president of Freethinkers of America.

1930 - Lewis expanded his business with a subsidiary, Eugenics Publishing Company, that published literature for common people written by medical experts about subjecs such as contraception.

1937 - Freethinkers of America, was started by Lewis.

1940 - Was renamed to Freethinker and in the to its final name Age of Reason.

1950 - Lewis also dedicated statues to Paine in Morristown, New Jersey.

1954-1960 - He protested the addition of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the issuance of Christmas stamps.

1968 - Joseph Lewis died.