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Massachusetts proclaimed January 15 "Martin Luther King Day," and paid solemn tribute to the slain civil rights leader on the anniversary of his birth. King would have been 41 yesterday...
Before it became Veterans Day it was Armistice Day. Many of us here can remember the tonality of the original celebration of this day with traffic and all activity stopping at 11 a.m. for a universal moment of solemn silence in recollection of the prodigious sacrifice in resolution that war might forever cease as an instrument of national policy. Those who march on Washington November 15 will be hearing the mulled drums of that other and perhaps mote humane America which had fixed upon Armistice Day not only as an annual tribute to those who had died...
...Wizard would not have ceased his War if we had all rioted. He would not have ceased his War if we had all been solemn and proper. He has turned too many Americans into Orcs by now; he can do what he wants. What was important was that we let Him know. Even more important, we came together and, for a few moments, exorcised His bad magic from within us. And some people saw, and understood. Perhaps next time they will be with...
...marchers were solemn and pensive as they walked four miles from the cemetery across the Potomac to the White House, and finally to the Capitol...
...disagreed were greatly in the minority. On occasion we were cited as the agents of imperialism- in this case Communist imperialism. Had we been suppressed our position would not now be- as I believe it is-that of the majority. As a liberal I can be as solemn about protecting minority dissent as anyone. But surely we have evidence here of its practical advantages...