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Mother's Day for Peace!

TODAY, Sunday May 4th at 3:00pm, Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions will host a public meeting to celebrate, discuss and reaffirm Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Mother's Day Peace Proclamation:

"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 . . . to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interest of peace."
[read the full Proclamation here.]

WHERE: Foster Library’s Topping Room, 651 E. Main St., Ventura, CA

WHO: All people who wish to celebrate their work of nurturing and peacemaking are invited to "take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace." Also, all mothers and anyone who has a mother!

BACKGROUND: Julia Ward Howe, having seen some of the worst effects of the U.S. Civil War and the onset of the Franco-Prussian war, called in 1870 for women to rise up and oppose war in all its forms. Her idea for a Mother's Day for Peace was influenced by Anna Jarvis who worked to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors. Although she failed to get official recognition for a Mother's Day for Peace, we will reclaim and honor her intent.

For more information, phone CPR at: 805-850-5849

Posted by evan austin on May 4, 2008 11:59 PM | | | Mother's Day for Peace!

Comments (1)

I read about this last year but it is only now sinking in. Thank you for doing what you can to reclaim a Mother's Day for Peace!

Comment #1 Posted by: Suza | May 6, 2008 04:32 PM

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