by Susan | Nov 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
November 2, 2002 The German Freethinker Settlers monument was dedicated in Comfort, Texas. The monument was originally supposed to be placed in the Comfort Park in 1998, but an outcry against atheists prevented this from happening. The Cenotaph’s plaque says...
by Susan | Nov 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
November 1, 1990 McDonald’s, under pressure from environmental groups, said it would replace plastic food containers with paper. The switch to post-consumer paper made the company one of the biggest buyers of recycled fiber, an important contribution to the growth of...
by Susan | Nov 1, 2016 | Good to Know!
1 All Saints Day – Christian Samhain – Beltane Wicca/Pagan Northern and southern hemispheres Birth of the Bab – Bahi 2 All Souls Day – Catholic Christian Birth of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i 14 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev...
by Susan | Oct 31, 2016 | Monuments
In the John Lennon Park at 17th and 6th in Havana is a sculpture of former Beatle John Lennon, sculpted by Cuban artist José Villa Soberón. On a marble tile at the foot of the bench there is an inscription: “Dirás que soy un soñador pero no soy el único,” the...
by Susan | Oct 31, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
October 31, 1687 According to the legend of the Charter Oak, Joseph Wadsworth spirited the Royal Charter of 1662 out of Sanford’s Tavern and the clutches of Sir Edmund Andros, ran across the bridge over the Little River, and deposited it in the hollow of an ancient...
