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Michael J. Gallucci was born and raised in Rochester, New York, and now lives in Augusta, Georgia, with his wife, Cobie, whom he has been married to for 38 years. He is a veteran with 35 years of service, having served from 1976 to 2012 in the US Navy, US Army, and finally the US Army Reserve, attaining the rank of Command Sergeants Major. He has lived by his mantra, “Date to Lead!”
Writing this book stems from a passionate love for this nation and a belief in the urgent need to rekindle our commitment to upholding and enhancing the Republic entrusted to us. Born in 1952, he had no idea of the extraordinary and devastating events that would shape his life. As he came of age, he witnessed war, assassinations, the civil rights movement, the love generation, the nuclear age, the rise of communism, the denial of women’s rights, and the space race—and that was just the first half of his life.
He has witnessed the ongoing fight for civil rights, the bold resurgence of the Lost Cause, and the attacks on those “woke” enough to seek equity. He has experienced the impeachment of presidents, felt the sting of terrorism on his homeland on 9/11, and wept at the wounds inflicted on our Republic by a greedy, narcissistic president and insurrectionists on January 6th.
He hopes that with American Pie: Has the Music Died?, readers will accept the challenge to “Dare to Lead” America to a “more Perfect union.”