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War Sabers rattling/War Drums drumming: The Story of Tomas Young – Veteran of the US War on Iraq
I am republishing this article, written in 2014, for Memorial Day. I wrote it as a reminder to everyone what war is and does to those sent to “fight” them. There is no glory or valor or patriotism in war. It is just blood, death, and destruction. Innocent people – old men and women; young…
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Mother’s Peace Day
In 1870, Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist,… … called for a “Mother’s Peace Day” dedicated as a celebration to the eradication of war. She organized “Mother’s Peace Day” festivities in Boston for years. Below is the proclamation she wrote in 1870: Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or…