He frowned, and having shaken the snow off his cap and coat, stopped in front of the icons as if not seeing anyone, crossed himself three times, and bowed to the icons. View in context They then threw the painting on the ground, breaking the icon into three parts.
Bernard âBernieâ Sanders was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents and grew up in a small, rent-controlled apartment. His father came to the United States from Poland at the age of 17 without much money or a formal education.
Bernie Sanders Has a Secret. Vermont, his son and the hungry early years that made him the surging socialist he is today. One morning last month in Burlington, Vermont, at the law office of John Franco, one of Bernie Sandersâ best friends since the 1970s, Franco talked to me at length about Sandersâ commitment and his consistency and his charisma.