Remember the Black Arm Bands of the VietNam War Moratorium?

[stlsaxman]

I do. As a young adult, i'd see people, mostly students wearing them. I wore one of my own making as i was a few months away from the draft possibly taking me there...

any one here remember them? who started that campaign and could something like that be started again?

[Mythsaje]

1. Not a bad idea... n/t

[TomInTib]

2. I got suspended from school

(3 days) for wearing one that my MOTHER made for me. She made them for quite a few of my friends but I got tossed because it was MY MOTHER who made them. She is still the coolest.
This was in Bay City, Texas on the first Moratorium Day.

[stlsaxman]

3. Way cool mom you had!

That's right- i remember there WERE moratorium days, it was at the hight of the protests, no?

I'm just getting all reminiscent about the past n' shit... :hippie:

[zanne]

6. That's great!

I was in the eigth grade on the first Moratorium day. I skipped school to be in a peace march. I left home in the morning with my books so my mother would think I was going to school. The next day, my picture appeared on the front page of our newspaper with the title "Youngest Protestor"! Strangely enough, I didn't get in alot of trouble.

[stlsaxman]

7. and you made the paper?!?!?

we walked to school every day across St. Louis University campus and there were all sorts of demonstrations going on all the time outside the ROTC building n' shit...

Black Panthers and C.O.R.E members and Yippies and SDS.... it was COOL!

[Libby2]

4. I think that's a great idea.

We need a theme.

[stlsaxman]

8. How 'bout- END THE WAR!

obvious enough? lol

[Libby2]

9. LOL.....yep. n/t

[evilqueen]

5. This page will tell you about the Moratorium

http://www.sunrisedancer.com/radicalreader/library/whospokeup/whospokeup10.asp

[stlsaxman]

10. Thanks redqueen

mighty sobering stuff!

[annabanana]

11. whew... What a flashback

I had forgotten the language we spoke. Turbulent times indeed. We have a ways to go, numbers wise.