Tag Archives: draft resistance

Scattergood Journal — Conscientious Objector Letters

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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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Scattergood Journal – Epistle to Friends Concerning Military Conscription

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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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Scattergood Journal – Draft Conference and Draft Registration

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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Scattergood Journal – Beginning to plan next Moratorium Day

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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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Connections

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Reading over the recent Scattergood Journal posts, I realized they are a bit disjointed.  There were a number of references in them that could have been more fully explained. If you didn’t see the video that was in yesterday’s post, … Continue reading →

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Scattergood Journal 1969

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Reading Chris Matthew’s new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, I am remembering that tumultuous time in my life, and in our country. I had begun to write in a journal at the beginning of my Senior year, 1969, at … Continue reading →

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Robert Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam and Dissent

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

While reading Chris Matthew’s new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit, I read about a CBS news program “Town Meeting of the World” in 1967, where Senator Robert Kennedy and Gov. Ronald Reagan take student questions, most of which were … Continue reading →

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RAGBRAI 2

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

As I wrote previously, RAGBRAI is the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and a number of Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Quakers are participating in this year’s ride. I didn’t mention that both Don and David Mott, in yesterday’s photo, … Continue reading →

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My draft resistance story

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I have recently been sharing the stories of Quaker draft resisters.  I struggled with what to do about the Selective Service System quite a bit.  I was keeping a journal at the time, and attending Scattergood Friends School, then a … Continue reading →

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John Griffith’s draft resistance

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve written several things recently related to Quakers and military conscription.   Yesterday I shared the stories of Don Laughlin and Roy Knight, Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends, who served time in prison for draft resistance. John Griffith, clerk of … Continue reading →

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