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Scattergood Journal – Senior Trip -Washington, DC
(note: photos were taken in later years during trips to FCNL Annual Meetings and meetings of the American Thoracic Society) Journal, January 25, 1970 Saturday, January 24, we left Scattergood, about 3:30 pm. We arrived in Washington, DC, at about … Continue reading
Posted in peace, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Scattergood, Washington DC, William Penn House
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Civil Disobedience – Keystone Pipeline
Having concluded my draft resistance story, yesterday I briefly discussed nonviolence and the civil rights movement of the 1960s that was occurring at that same time. Nonviolence is not simply a political strategy, but meant to be how you live … Continue reading
Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement
If you’ve read recent posts from this blog, you know I’ve been using the journal I started when I was a Senior at Scattergood Friends School to share what was going on at a particularly significant and chaotic time in … Continue reading
Journal–Conclusion of Draft Resistance Story
Yesterday I described what happened the first time I turned in my draft card. At my parents request, I asked the draft board to return the draft card, to give my family more time to accept my decision. The draft … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Quaker Meetings, Uncategorized
Tagged Bear Creek, draft resistance
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Scattergood Journal–Returning My Draft Card
Even though I was convinced that I should not cooperate with the Selective Service System, at the time of my 18th birthday, November 21, 1969, I reluctantly registered for the draft as required by law. I hadn’t yet come to the … Continue reading
Scattergood Journal — Conscientious Objector Letters
First I’d like to share what my Friend Evalyn Kellum, of North Meadow Circle of Friends, where I attended when I was living in Indianapolis, wrote about An Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription: Thank you for sending your struggle with conscription. … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Laughlin, draft resistance, North Meadow Friends
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Scattergood Journal – Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription
I’ve been sharing entries from my journal from my Senior year at Scattergood Friends School, which was the time I was struggling with what to do as I faced my 18th birthday on November 21, 1969, when every male was … Continue reading
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Tagged Don Laughlin, draft resistance, Vietnam War
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Scattergood Journal – Draft Conference and Draft Registration
The previous blog post has some discussion about preparing for the draft conference that was held at Scattergood November 15, 1969, as part of the Moratorium Against the Vietnam War. Following are more journal entries from that time. November 8, … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, peace, Uncategorized
Tagged draft resistance, Scattergood, Vietnam War, war
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Scattergood Journal – Beginning to plan next Moratorium Day
The last post from my journal from my Scattergood days was about the Peace Walk the School did as part of the Vietnam War Moratorium Days, October 15, 1969. The plan was to have another Moratorium Day November 15. Journal, … Continue reading
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Tagged conscientious objection, draft resistance, Scattergood
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