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Historic protest boat arrives in San Diego for pro-peace veterans' convention
Golden Rule peace ship first launched in 1958
The Golden Rule sailed into San Diego on Saturday, in advance of the Veterans for Peace conference.
A group of "pro-peace" activists gathered on Shelter Island Sunday afternoon to welcome the Golden Rule, a sailboat described as "the very first of the environmental and peace vessels to go to sea," which came to town in advance of the annual conference of the activist group Veterans for Peace, taking place August 5-9 in San Diego.
"The Golden Rule is our peace ship — it was instrumental in helping develop the first atmospheric test ban treaty back in the early '60s. This boat has been resurrected from the depths of the sea, and is here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 50th anniversary of Vietnam, and the 30th anniversary of Veterans for Peace," says Gary Butterfield, local chairman for the convention.
Golden Rule in dock
The boat first launched in 1958, sailing from the Los Angeles port of San Pedro toward Eniwetok Atoll, where the U.S. government was
conducting above-ground nuclear weapons testing. The crew of anti-nuclear activists never reached their destination, and the vessel was boarded by the Coast Guard off Hawaii, with the crew being tried and jailed on the island. But the action garnered international attention, and further protests led to the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
Veterans for Peace volunteers in the Eureka area spent the last five years restoring the vessel, which is now scheduled to spend the next decade sailing around the United States.
Veterans for Peace gather on Shelter Island
The convention, meanwhile, kicks off Wednesday and is expected to be attended by several hundred members from around the country. Many events, including nightly film screenings exploring the costs and aftermath of war, are open to the public. Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who exposed the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam during 1969, is set to deliver the keynote address.
"The theme is peace and reconciliation in the Pacific," says Butterfield. "Our members are veterans, most of us have seen combat, and more than just being anti-war we see ourselves as pro-peace. One of the things we think we need to do as a people is to reconcile with ourselves, with some of the moral injury that's come to those who have been in combat, and as well as against some of the so-called adversaries we've had over the years."
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Historic protest boat arrives in San Diego for pro-peace veterans' convention
Golden Rule peace ship first launched in 1958
Historic protest boat arrives in San Diego for pro-peace veterans' convention
Golden Rule peace ship first launched in 1958
The Golden Rule sailed into San Diego on Saturday, in advance of the Veterans for Peace conference.
A group of "pro-peace" activists gathered on Shelter Island Sunday afternoon to welcome the Golden Rule, a sailboat described as "the very first of the environmental and peace vessels to go to sea," which came to town in advance of the annual conference of the activist group Veterans for Peace, taking place August 5-9 in San Diego.
"The Golden Rule is our peace ship — it was instrumental in helping develop the first atmospheric test ban treaty back in the early '60s. This boat has been resurrected from the depths of the sea, and is here to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 50th anniversary of Vietnam, and the 30th anniversary of Veterans for Peace," says Gary Butterfield, local chairman for the convention.
Golden Rule in dock
The boat first launched in 1958, sailing from the Los Angeles port of San Pedro toward Eniwetok Atoll, where the U.S. government was
conducting above-ground nuclear weapons testing. The crew of anti-nuclear activists never reached their destination, and the vessel was boarded by the Coast Guard off Hawaii, with the crew being tried and jailed on the island. But the action garnered international attention, and further protests led to the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963.
Veterans for Peace volunteers in the Eureka area spent the last five years restoring the vessel, which is now scheduled to spend the next decade sailing around the United States.
Veterans for Peace gather on Shelter Island
The convention, meanwhile, kicks off Wednesday and is expected to be attended by several hundred members from around the country. Many events, including nightly film screenings exploring the costs and aftermath of war, are open to the public. Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who exposed the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam during 1969, is set to deliver the keynote address.
"The theme is peace and reconciliation in the Pacific," says Butterfield. "Our members are veterans, most of us have seen combat, and more than just being anti-war we see ourselves as pro-peace. One of the things we think we need to do as a people is to reconcile with ourselves, with some of the moral injury that's come to those who have been in combat, and as well as against some of the so-called adversaries we've had over the years."
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