by Susan | Sep 18, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 18, 1874 The Nebraska Relief and Aid Society was formed to help farmers whose crops were destroyed by grasshoppers swarming throughout the American...
by Susan | Sep 17, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 17, 1961 1,314 anti-nuclear protesters were arrested during a sit-down in London’s Trafalgar Square by 12,000 (authorities had denied a permit.) The organizers hoped to to ‘fill the jails’, with the intention of causing prison overload and large-scale...
by Susan | Sep 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 16, 1810 Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla delivered the cry for freedom (Grito de Dolores) in front of a small crowd of his parishioners in Dolores Hidalgo. This action stemmed from meetings of the literary and...
by Susan | Sep 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
September 15, 1829 The Guerrero Decree, which abolished slavery throughout the Republic of Mexico except in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, was issued by President Vicente R....
by Susan | Sep 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history, Uncategorized
September 14, 1911 The Congreso Mexicanista, sometimes referred to as El Primer Congreso Mexicanista, met in Laredo from September 14 to 22. Clemente Idar, whose family owned and published La Crónica, proposed the meeting to organize the Gran Liga Mexicanista de...
