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1870 Response to War:  A Mother’s Day Proclamation This photo of Code Pink activists is an appropriate message and reminder for today. Mother’s Day was originally created after the U.S. Civil War as a call for peace.   Too many women had lost sons in the Civil War and Julia Ward Howe penned “A Mother’s Day Proclamation.” which is a call for women to protest war and to end the use of their sons to kill the sons of other women.  Her words (below) still resonate today. A MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION by Julia Ward Howe Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,whether our baptism be that of water or of fears! Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided byirrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reekingwith carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not betaken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teachthem of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of anothercountry to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. Fromthe bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.It says “Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balanceof justice.” Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summonsof war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for agreat and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to themeans whereby the great human family can live in peace, eachbearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,but of God. In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that ageneral congress of women without limit of nationality may beappointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and atthe earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote thealliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlementof international questions, the great and general interests ofpeace. Julia Ward HoweBoston1870 View high resolution

1870 Response to War:  A Mother’s Day Proclamation

This photo of Code Pink activists is an appropriate message and reminder for today.

Mother’s Day was originally created after the U.S. Civil War as a call for peace.   Too many women had lost sons in the Civil War and Julia Ward Howe penned “A Mother’s Day Proclamation.” which is a call for women to protest war and to end the use of their sons to kill the sons of other women.  Her words (below) still resonate today.

A MOTHER’S DAY PROCLAMATION

by Julia Ward Howe

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts,
whether our baptism be that of water or of fears!

Say firmly: “We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking
with carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be
taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach
them of charity, mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those of another
country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs. From
the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says “Disarm, Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance
of justice.”

Blood does not wipe our dishonor nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons
of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a
great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women,
to bewail and commemorate the dead.

Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each
bearing after their own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a
general congress of women without limit of nationality may be
appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at
the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the
alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement
of international questions, the great and general interests of
peace.

Julia Ward Howe
Boston
1870

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So… I noticed a trend in my shirts today…

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“It’s not in the best interest of this country to start another with Iran.” — Rita Jacobs of Holt, Michigan USA

Citizen commentary from Rita Jacobs of Holt, Michigan, who talks about the prospect of U.S. war with Iran. The comments and protest were part of the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Protest” on February, 4, 2012. Jacobs’ comments were part of a protest in front of U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (Republican - MI 8th Congressional District) office in Lansing, Michigan.

“Tell Them to start concentrating on our own country and start moving toward a peaceful society, instead of getting into everyone else’s business.” — Tam Heaton, Lansing, Michigan USA

Lansing, Michigan resident Tam Heaton talks about the prospects of U.S. war on Iran, an interview recorded by the Peace Education Center at the February 4, 2012, rally for the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Action.”

“We need to put our energies toward peacemaking.” — Dick Preston, Lansing, Michigan USA

A new video interview from the Peace Education Center at last Saturday’s action in Lansing, Michigan, for the “No War on Iran: The National Day of Action.” Here Lansing resident Dick Preston talks about the prospects of U.S. war on Iran.

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Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech.  The message from this speech from Martin Luther King should resonate to Americans witnessing U.S. involvement in Iraq, Afghanistan, and many other places around the globe.