Letter - Let there be peace...

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To the editor:

Last Sunday’s closing hymn was Let There Be Peace on Earth. As we sang, I wondered about the words, “let us walk with each other.” I wondered if those “others” could be Muslim, Buddhist, all the other children of the world? Do we just sing or say these words? Do they have meaning beyond Douglas County, beyond Minnesota, beyond the USA?

As part of the Central Lakes Peaceline, I invite each of you to participate in our weekly demonstration for world peace. We “stand up” for peace every Monday afternoon on the corner of 7th and Broadway in Alexandria. Anyone who wishes for an end to these wars and a beginning of peace is welcome to join us. Right now we are gathering at 4:30 p.m. and call for peace for one hour. As the sun wanes, our time may change slightly; I send out an e-mail reminder every Monday morning to alert people to any change in time. If you wish to be on the e-mail list, stop by any Monday.

We are not a part of any political or religious organization. We represent only our own individual wishes for peace. We support our soldiers by asking for their safe return to their families. We encourage anyone to stop by and discuss issues of peace with us. Certainly there are other ways to work for peace. You can write your legislators, your president, and the leaders of political parties. You can talk about the victims of war with your children and grandchildren. You can ask if history is still being taught as a chronology of war. You can protest vocally when friends and relatives equate patriotism with the glorification of war.

Yes, it is difficult to imagine a world without war. But, we never reach any goal without working for it.

Kay Anderson

Garfield, MN

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