Fletcher Beaumont II
The publisher and current owner of The Freedom Ledger is Fletcher Beaumont II, a descendant of the paper’s founder. His family has owned and run the newspaper for over a hundred years, and Mr. Beaumont remains dedicated to the ideals of truthful and timely reporting.
Unknown to most, Beaumont is heir to another legacy as well. His father, Fletcher Beaumont I, was the original Bowman in the 1940s. The younger Fletcher became the second Arrow and partner of Timothy Quinn (the original Arrow and the second Bowman), and both of them were members of the Freedom League in the 1960s. In the early ‘70s, Fletcher became an alcoholic and his drinking effectively ended his and Quinn’s partnership after nearly costing both of them their lives.
A few years after Quinn retired, Fletcher took on the Bowman identity in an effort to redeem himself. He trained a young partner, Ethan Keller, as the third Arrow, but this partnership dissolved when the stresses of his heroic identity drove Fletcher back into the bottle. After nearly getting himself killed by being drunk on duty, he retired, and Arrow operated alone until he adopted the name Archer and founded FORCE Ops.
Now sober for many years, Fletcher Beaumont II has reclaimed his self-confidence and integrity by focusing on his newspaper work and family. Beaumont’s son, Fletcher III, carries on the family’s heroic legacy as the current Bowman.
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