Shriver spoke to returned volunteers at the Peace Vigil at Lincoln Memorial in September, 2001 for the Peace Corps 40th. "The challenge I believe is simple - simple to express but difficult to fulfill. That challenge is expressed in these words: PCV's - stay as you are. Be servants of ...
We saw a similar scene in Colorado Springs after the murder of Kenneth Jordan. Cars stopped along the interstate, as drivers watched the funeral procession from railings and bridges. Children were waving flags in honor of a good man. One man brought his sons to pay tribute to an officer wh...
An open letter from Jewish scholars and scientists comes at exactly the right time to address the anti-Semitism officer Felix Klein, who is again asked to resign in this memorable letter, and who, with his last unspeakable statement, claims that he is “anti-Semitism life would have made lif...
Instead of being buried or crematedmy motherdonated her body to science, which in this case meant Brown University Alpert School of Medicine. Last night we went to a ceremony there in which the first year students — who have been working on the bodies all year — thank the family and fr...
A Desert Pea Frontier Wars wreath on every Australian War Memorial within five years is her goal. A the Confest Opening Ceremony, Uncle Marbuck custodian of the Desert Pea Dreaming story in his country, invited Hazel to speak and gave his permission and blessing to the project. Here is a...
Paul Tibbets rose to speak, and the crowd gave him a standing ovation. At 75, he is hard of hearing and walks stiffly, but he held their respect as if he still was their commanding officer. Be not ashamed for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he told those gathered. Nuclear weaponry has ...