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Subject: Re:      The Peace Symbol?
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Date: 16 Jan 90 23:27:00 GMT
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> The peace symbol as shown below is not for PEACE.

My wife and I are celebrating 20 years together.  We met as a result
of the November 15, 1969 anti-war march in Washington, D.C.,  in which
thousands of Christians and other concerned citizens came together to
speak out against what we saw as immoral.  I was 15 years old and it was
a trip that changed my life.  I went with a church group, led by my
minister, and we stayed at a black church somewhere downtown.  On the
wall of the church was a banner stating "Blessed are the Peacemakers,
for they shall be called the sons of God."  I had never heard that.
EVer since it has been written on my heart.
For me and many thousands, this will ALWAYS be a symbol of peace.  May
we all one day be able to claim to be peacemakers.
John Cromartie                  .......
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