The Way To Peace! #278
On This "May Day," When "People All over The Earth" are "Celebrating The Arrival of Spring," and "International Workers' Day!" Here in The United States, "We," also, "Have A Providential, Prestigious, and Welcomed Moment," In Which to "Celebrate the Long Overdue
Acknowledgement of Women Icon's of The Suffrage, Women's, Civil and Equal Rights Movements,
"Who Will be Featured on U.S. Federal Currency," "For the First Time in
More than A Century!"
In 1886, 1891, and 1896, "First Lady Martha
Washington" (the Wife of the First President of the United States of America George Washington) was on the U.S. $1. Dollar Silver Certificate!
And, In 1865, "An Image of Native American Pocahontas," the Daughter of the Paramount Chief, of A Network of Tributary Tribal Nations in the Tsenacommacah," Named Powhatan, (that Encompassed the Tidewater Region of Virginia) was on "the Back of the $20. Dollar Bill!"
And, In 1865, "An Image of Native American Pocahontas," the Daughter of the Paramount Chief, of A Network of Tributary Tribal Nations in the Tsenacommacah," Named Powhatan, (that Encompassed the Tidewater Region of Virginia) was on "the Back of the $20. Dollar Bill!"
"Abolitionist Harriet Tubman will Be Featured on The Front
of the $20. Dollar Bill!" And, "Marian Anderson, One of the Most Renown Singers of The Twentieth Century,
Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (Wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only U.S. President to Be Elected Four Times from 1933 to 1945), and Baptist Minister, Nobel Peace Prize Award Winner, Civil and Equal Rights Leader, and Author, Martin Luther King Jr." will "Appear on the
Reverse side of the $5. Dollar Bill!"
"President Abraham Lincoln will Continue to Be on The Front of the $5. Dollar Bill!"
"President Abraham Lincoln will Continue to Be on The Front of the $5. Dollar Bill!"
"Susan B. Anthony and Native American Sacagawea," of The Lemhi Shoshone Tribe, and "Helen Keller have Been on
Coins in Limited Circulation!" However, "This is a Brand New Beginning,
for The Twenty-First Century," that "May" also, "Break the Barrier of
Men's Hold on the United States Presidency!"
"Harriet
Tubman,
Marian Anderson, and Martin Luther King Jr. are The First
African-Americans, Who will Be Featured on U.S. Federal Currency!
However, I'm sure that "Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Activist, Advocate, and Author, Who Continued to Fight For Civil and Equal Rights, Long After the Death of Her Husband Martin Luther King Jr., and, Shirley Chisholm, "Who Became the First African American Woman to Be Elected to the United States Congress from New York, from 1969 to 1983, for Seven Terms in Total," "Should also Receive Future Consideration!"
"Congresswoman Chisholm," Who was, also, "The First Woman, to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination in 1972," and "the First Black Candidate for The President of The United States by a Major Party," and "Coretta Scott King," "Will always Be Remembered as Being Prominent Women Icons, and Civil Rights Leaders of the African American Community," and "Their Place in History Can Not Be Denied!" And, "Their Thoughts, Actions, Activism, Advocacy, and Acclaim Will Be The Inspiration For Future Generations to Come!"
However, I'm sure that "Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Activist, Advocate, and Author, Who Continued to Fight For Civil and Equal Rights, Long After the Death of Her Husband Martin Luther King Jr., and, Shirley Chisholm, "Who Became the First African American Woman to Be Elected to the United States Congress from New York, from 1969 to 1983, for Seven Terms in Total," "Should also Receive Future Consideration!"
"Congresswoman Chisholm," Who was, also, "The First Woman, to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination in 1972," and "the First Black Candidate for The President of The United States by a Major Party," and "Coretta Scott King," "Will always Be Remembered as Being Prominent Women Icons, and Civil Rights Leaders of the African American Community," and "Their Place in History Can Not Be Denied!" And, "Their Thoughts, Actions, Activism, Advocacy, and Acclaim Will Be The Inspiration For Future Generations to Come!"
And, One Must Add to "The List," Both, "Claudette Colvin," a Sixteen Year Old Student from Booker T. Washington High School, in Montgomery Alabama, "Who, in 1955, Would Not Give up Her Bus Seat," and "was Arrested for Resisting Bus Segregation" (Nine Months before Rosa Parks was Arrested for the Same Offense), and, Of course, "Civil Rights Activists Rosa Louise McCauley Parks," Whom the United States Congress Called "The First Lady of Civil Rights," and, "The Mother of The Freedom Movement," "Who, also, Should Be Acknowledged as Being An Important Part of the Civil Rights and Women's Right Movement," amongst "Many Others!"
And, "Their Recognition Should Be Acknowledged For the Sacrifice, Dedication, and Commitment They Made in Their Lives," For, "All of History to Record!"
And, On One Last Note, "Without Equivocation," The Name of Poet Laureate "Maya Angelou," "Should Be Added" to "The List!"
In
the Past, "African-Americans have Been on Non-Federal Currency,"
Circulated by the Confederate States of America, "As Slaves!"
Last
Year, "We Took a Moment to Commemorate and Celebrate The 95th
Anniversary of The Ratification of The 19th Amendment to The
Constitution of the United States," Which was "Ratified on, the 18th of
August, 1920," after 70 Years of Intense Struggle to Do so, and "Put
into Effect on the 26th of August!" (UIGA-TWTP! #259)
It was A True Labor of Love" that Finally, "Gave Women The Right To Vote in The United States Of America!"
And, It was "A Grand Achievement for The Women's Suffrage Movement," and
"Thanks to The Extraordinary Efforts and Sacrifice, Dedication and
Perseverance, and Magnificent Commitment To The Women's Rights Movement,
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sojouner Truth, Francis
Willard, Carrie Chapman Catt, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Ida B. Wells, and
Susan B. Anthony," amongst "Many Other Dedicated Women Activists, Who
Strove Tirelessly For Female Citizens to have The Same Rights as Men,"
in the U.S., "Each New Generation Can, Now Look Forward to Their Future,
Knowing that They Have a Choice," and "Their Thoughts Words, and
Actions Can Make a Difference!"
"The Passage of The 19th
Amendment was, and, Still is a Great Moment of Accomplishment For The
Women of The United States Of America," Who Now have "A Grand
Opportunity to Make Their Voices Heard," "Loud and Clear," in "The 2016
Presidential Election!"
And, "Each New Generation of Young Girls
and Women," "Can Now Imagine Becoming The President of The United
States, Should They Wish to!" And, "This is A True Demonstration of
Democracy at Its Very Best!
And,
"With The Approaching End of The The Democratic Campaign" and, With It, "Who Will
Become the Democratic Nominee for The President of the United States, Clearly In
Sight," and "The Visions and Dreams of the Suffragettes and Women's
Movement Coming A Step Closer to Becoming Realized," "We Can Finally See This Goal and Reality Coming to Fruition!"
"You
Can Feel It," like "A Grand Choir of Voices Touching The Heart, Mind,
Soul, and Spirit of Tens of Millions!" "You Can Hear Chaka Khan, Yolanda Adams, and
India Arie, with Stevie Wonder on Keyboard, and Prince Playing
Guitar, Singing "I'm Every Woman" (at The BET Tribute for Chaka) and, "The Super Band of Musicians
Empowering The Message with a Strong, and Powerful Rhythm, and Uplifting
Musical Arrangement," Lifting Everyone Up Out of Their Seats, Clapping,
and Participating in Singing The Chorus, Men and Women Combined,
Joyously Seizing the Moment and Rising to Its Undeniable Intensity and Applause!"
And,
"You Can Sense A Great Moment of Expectation," Beginning to Take Place,
that "Women the World Over, Will Soon Be Experiencing and Sharing a
Monumental Choice in the Advancement of Women's Rights!" "It's a
Moment," that has "Been Missing," "For More than Two Hundred Years in the United States!"
And, "You Can Feel It Beginning to Grow and Evolve into An Earth Shaking Moment!" "It's in The Air We Breathe," and, "It
Feels Like A New Beginning, A Life Giving Moment, Like the Birth of A
Child, or The Birth of An Evolutionary Moment of Grand Consequence!" It's a
"New Movement in The Age of The Women Of The Twenty-First Century!"
It's Like a "Three Day Music Concert" that has Been in the Making For Years Starring Beyonce, Florence and The Machine, Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, Alabama Shakes, with Special Appearances by Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, Carol King, Rihanna, Miranda Lambert, Mariah Carey, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Dolly Parton, Pink, Mary J. Blige, Adele, and Taylor Swift, "Filling out The Galaxy of Stars," Illuminating The Super Star Studded Concert!
And "Imagine that You've Been Queueing up and Waiting on Line for Days," or "Trying to Purchase a Ticket Online," and, "The Growing Intensity has Been Spreading and Expanding in Wave after Wave of Great Expectancy and Anticipation," that "This is a Concert that Women and Young Girls of All Ages have Been Waiting for!"
And, "Finally the Day Arrives," and "You Have Your Ticket and You're Sitting in Your Seat," and "The Curtain Opens up with Everyone on the Concert Stage Singing "Respect," and, then "Gloria Gaynor's Anthem for Women All over The World," "I Will Survive!"
It's Like a "Three Day Music Concert" that has Been in the Making For Years Starring Beyonce, Florence and The Machine, Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, Alabama Shakes, with Special Appearances by Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, Carol King, Rihanna, Miranda Lambert, Mariah Carey, Reba McEntire, Jennifer Lopez, Janet Jackson, Dolly Parton, Pink, Mary J. Blige, Adele, and Taylor Swift, "Filling out The Galaxy of Stars," Illuminating The Super Star Studded Concert!
And "Imagine that You've Been Queueing up and Waiting on Line for Days," or "Trying to Purchase a Ticket Online," and, "The Growing Intensity has Been Spreading and Expanding in Wave after Wave of Great Expectancy and Anticipation," that "This is a Concert that Women and Young Girls of All Ages have Been Waiting for!"
And, "Finally the Day Arrives," and "You Have Your Ticket and You're Sitting in Your Seat," and "The Curtain Opens up with Everyone on the Concert Stage Singing "Respect," and, then "Gloria Gaynor's Anthem for Women All over The World," "I Will Survive!"
And, "You Can Finally See and Experience the Sensational Event" of "The 18 Million Cracks in the
Glass Ceiling," that "Secretary of State Clinton Spoke of in Her 2008
Campaign," When She was Then Campaigning as Senator Clinton from New
York against, at the Time, Senator Barack H. Obama of Illinois, "Beginning to Break," and, With "Its Enormous Shatter" Will Bring, "The Prodigious and
Historical Prominence of One of The Most Significant Political and Sociological Moments in Time," of Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "Becoming The Nominee of the Democratic Party
for Presidency of the United States of America!"
And, "Her Combined Total of 2, 220 Pledged and Superdelegates" (1, 700 Pledged Delegates, Plus 520 Superdelegates-At Last Count), "All But Guarantees Secretary Clinton Will Reach the
2, 383 Needed to Achieve Her Party's Nomination!"
And, "Her Combined Total of 2, 220 Pledged and Superdelegates" (1, 700 Pledged Delegates, Plus 520 Superdelegates-At Last Count), "All But Guarantees Secretary Clinton Will Reach the
2, 383 Needed to Achieve Her Party's Nomination!"
And, "This is A Moment," that "All Suffragettes and Women of The United States, and Earth," "Can Share and Rejoice in!"
There
have Been "Prominent Women Heads of State," Namely, In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (and Lets Not Forget Queen Elizabeth II),
and, Prime Minister Golda Meir of Israel, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India, and, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany," are "Just A Few Prominent Women Leaders to Acknowledge of The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries!" However, "Whether
The United States Will Become A Member of This Historical Path of Grand Distinction Is Still to Be
Determined," But, "It's Getting Closer!"
(Christine Lagarde is the First Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund-IMF)
(Christine Lagarde is the First Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund-IMF)
However,
"The Answer to This Question," "Will Lie Purely and Literally in Minds,
Hearts, Souls, Spirit and Hands Of The People to Vote Their Conscious!" And, "The Visions and Policies that Will Be Expounded upon," By The Republican and Democratic Nominees, Altogether, "Will Be Debated In The Global Cross Media News Universe," and "Discussed in The Public Forum of We The People," and, "We....The People," Will Decide "Which Nominee Can Improve Our Quality of Life, Defend, Protect, Articulate and Represent The Principles, Tenets, and Beliefs of The United States of America!" And, "Who Will Best Empower, Inspire, and Build A Bridge of Out Reach, and Trust to Every Nation and People Worldwide!"
And,"This is A Moment When Every Vote Will Count," "No Matter What Gender Creed, Race, or What Voting Age You May Be," "Your Vote Will Be the Deciding Factor!"
(As of May 4th, 2016, Both Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Governor John Kasich of Ohio have "Suspended Their Campaigns!" Leaving Real Estate Mogul, TV Producer Donald Trump to "Stand Alone," in His Campaign to Become the Republican Nominee for President of the United States! "Does this Mean that There Will Not Be "A Contested GOP Convention!" And, "Will the Republican Party United Behind His Candidacy?)
(And, Will Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, "Continue to Aim His New Campaign Strategy" towards a "Contested Contest" at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, to Be Held, July 25-28 at The Wells Fargo Center? "I'm sure Donald Trump and The Republican Party Hope so!")
And,"This is A Moment When Every Vote Will Count," "No Matter What Gender Creed, Race, or What Voting Age You May Be," "Your Vote Will Be the Deciding Factor!"
(As of May 4th, 2016, Both Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Governor John Kasich of Ohio have "Suspended Their Campaigns!" Leaving Real Estate Mogul, TV Producer Donald Trump to "Stand Alone," in His Campaign to Become the Republican Nominee for President of the United States! "Does this Mean that There Will Not Be "A Contested GOP Convention!" And, "Will the Republican Party United Behind His Candidacy?)
(And, Will Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, "Continue to Aim His New Campaign Strategy" towards a "Contested Contest" at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, to Be Held, July 25-28 at The Wells Fargo Center? "I'm sure Donald Trump and The Republican Party Hope so!")
Voices of Reason and Peacemakers of The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, "Let Us Be a Propitious Part of The Broad Spectrum of Change" that "Is Needed to Create A New Age of Environmental and Ecological Protection, Defense, and Continued Care and Evolution of Our Planet Earth!"
And, "Let Us Never Forget" that (as the Song goes) "We are The World," and "We Can Make a Difference!"
For, This is The Way To Peace, and An Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Omniscient Age of Peace On Earth! And, An Age of Peacetime Economies, In Which Global Trade and Environmental Policies Enrich the Lives of All The People Of This Sacred Planet Earth!
In Memoriam:
Reverend Daniel Berrigan, an American Jesuit Priest, Who "Became a Prominent Symbol and Leader of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement in the 1960's," has "Passed away at the Age of Ninety-Four," on Saturday, April 30, 2016!
Reverend Berrigan, and, His Brother, Reverend Philip Berrigan. were "Both Ardent Anti-War Activists," Who were Sought after by The FBI for Stealing and Burning War Records from the Select Service Offices in Catonsville, Maryland, along with Seven Other Catholic Protesters, Who Became Known as "The Catonsville Nine!"
And, For these "Anti-War Actions," They were Placed on The FBI "Most Wanted List!"
(Daniel and Philip were also Placed on the Cover of Time Magazine (Jan. 25, 1971)!
They were, eventually, "Captured and Sentenced, along with the Other Members of The Catonsville Nine, on the 9th of November, 1968, "from Two to Three and a Half Years in Prison," for "Destroying Federal Property," and "Interfering with the Selection Service Act of 1967!"
Paul Simon included a lyric about Reverend Berrigan, in "Me an Julio Down by The School yard."
And, Reverend Berrigan has, also, had "a Documentary Produced about Him," by Lee Lockwood," called "The Holy Outlaw!"
And, "Their Legal Battle was Produced in a Feature Film" Entitled, "The King Of Prussia,' by Emile de Antonio, that Starred Martin Sheen!
Reverend Daniel Joseph Berrigan Remained "An Anti-War, Peace Activist, Pacifist, and Jesuit Priest Throughout All of His Life!"
And, He, also, Received Many Awards such as; The Gandhi Peace Award in 1974, and, Thomas Merton Award in 1988, amongst many others!
Reverend Berrigan was "An Inspiration and Voice For Many Truth Seekers, Peacemakers, and Anti-War Activists!"
But, "He" was, also, "A University Educator, Poet, and Author, Who Gave His Life For What He Believed in!
We Send Our Sincerest Condolences to His Family, Friends, and Admirers!
And, We also Send Our Sincerest Condolences to the Family, Friends, Navy SEALs Special Operation Forces, Friends, and Neighbors of Navy SEAL 1st Class Charles Keating IV, 31, who Died in Action, on Tuesday, the 3rd of May, 2016, Near Irbil, Iraq!
Navy SEAL 1st Class Keating IV was One of the United States Special Forces Advisors sent to Iraq, "to Be of Assistance to Kurdish Peshmerga Forces," and "Local Forces," Fighting against Daesh (ISIS)!
Navy SEAL 1st Class Keating IV, "Will Be Remembered" as, "One of the Brave Men and Women," who "Fought on the Front-Lines of The War against Terror, Constantly in Harm's Way," to "Preserve the Dignity, Freedom, and Tenets of Life of All Humankind," Irregardless of Where the Mission Took Them, in "The War against Terror!"
Navy SEAL1ts Class Charles Keating IV, "is the Third U.S. Combat Casualty" since "The Summer of 2014," when "New Redeployment Orders" were "Issued to Conduct Special Operations against Daesh" (ISIS)!
"May All the Women and Men who've Lost Their Lives" in "The War against Extreme Radical Terror Syndicates," and, Their Dishonorable Surrogates Worldwide, " Finally Rest in Peace!"
