Mother's Day celebrations

Sunday, May 13th at the Gazebo, from 2-4 pm


Mothers, Grandmothers, Great Grands, Daughters, Sisters, Aunts:

"Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise, all women who have breasts,
Whether our baptism be of water or of tears!

Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by
irrelevant agencies......

Our sons shall no be taken from us to unlearn
all that we have been able to teach them ..

We, the women of one country, will be too
tender of those of another country
to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own.
It says "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice."

Excerpts from Julia Ward Howe's
Mother;s Day Proclamation, a fervent
plea for peace in 1870.

In the spirit of standing up for peace, in solidarity with Mother's Day celebrations across the nation, please come to the Gazebo in the Plaza.

Bring a flower, a poem, the photo of a loved one, a friend.

This gentle gathering is sponsored by Grandparents for Peace, St. Augustine.