Craig McNamara
American farmer
Robert Craig McNamara (born 1950) is an American farmer and activist. He is president and owner of Sierra Orchards. McNamara founded and is president of the Center for Land-Based Learning. He has written a memoir of his life with his father, defense secretary Robert McNamara: Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today.
Activist
Robert Craig McNamara was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the only son of three children of the former United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara (1916–2009) and Margaret McNamara (1915–1981). Though McNamara was born in Michigan, he comes from a family with deep roots in California as the first McNamaras arrived in California during the Civil War. McNamara is impacted by dyslexia.
During the Vietnam War, he was strongly opposed to the war, which made for difficult relations with his father. His father was shocked to discover that his teenage son had hung the American flag upside down in his bedroom, as Craig maintained that he was ashamed of America because of his father's actions as Defense Secretary.
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