by Susan | Apr 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 26, 1937 During the Spanish Civil War, the German military tested its powerful new air force—the Luftwaffe—on the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain. The German aircraft began their attack at 4:30 p.m., the busiest hour of the market day. For three...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 25, 1974 A peaceful uprising by both the army and civilians, known as the Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), ended 48 years of fascism in Portugal. People holding red carnations urged soldiers not to resist the overthrow and many placed the flowers in...
by Susan | Apr 25, 2015 | National Poetry Month
The meaning of any word worth speaking is invariably… we… The point of silence is, in the end… we… The reason compassion is meant to be our first and last act… we… The aim of wisdom… The softening of pride… we… The play of...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2015 | National Poetry Month
For a saving grace, we didn’t see our dead, Who rarely bothered coming home to die But simply stayed away out there In the clean war, the war in the air. Seldom the ghosts come back bearing their tales Of hitting the earth, the incompressible sea, But stayed up...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
April 24, 1863 The Union army issued General Orders No. 100, which provided a code of conduct for Federal soldiers and officers when dealing with Confederate prisoners and civilians. The final document consisted of 157 articles which established policies for, among...
