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appalachiablue

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2. It was heartening to read about the organizations and people involved with

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #1)

Fri May 4, 2018, 06:23 PM

May 2018

this commemoration half a century later. Also the many good people still involved and advocating for peace and justice. It doesn't seem like the Catonsville 9 was 50 years ago to me either. With difficult issues we're facing now some similarities are clear, sans the violence level of 1968.
Thanks for commenting and mentioning that you knew the Berrigans, that's very special. Peace.

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Weekend Events Kick Off 50th Anniversary Commemoration of Catonsville Nine Protest [View all] appalachiablue May 2018 OP

Many had burned or destroyed their draft cards before this, but here were nice FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #1

It was heartening to read about the organizations and people involved with appalachiablue May 2018 #2

The Berrigans had come to White Plains to help organize local kids around issues of racism, after FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #3

Quite an era the 60s indeed. I was still fairly young then but had the advantage appalachiablue May 2018 #4

Please do come visit ag up North. I'm not there any longer, but the Rockefeller estates are worth a FailureToCommunicate May 2018 #5