A time to remember our own mortality
By James Carroll | Monday, October 23, 2006 | The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/23/a_time_to_remember_our_own_mortality/
An eloquent and thoughtful piece on October and its symbolism, both for life and for the pursuit of Peace, with excellent historical references. Among them:
“…October was repeatedly the month of reckoning during the Vietnam War. The nascent peace movement took its first hold on the national imagination with something called “Vietnam Day” at the University of California at Berkeley in October 1965, and October demonstrations became a regular feature of anti war organizing after that. In 1967, October saw the march on the Pentagon, chronicled in Norman Mailer’s “ The Armies of the Night.” In 1969, October was defined by the Peace Moratorium, simultaneous demonstrations in numerous cities across the nation, involving millions of protesters.” Well worth your time, this one is deep…BS
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