David N. Rich - San Francisco to Moscow - Walk for Peace
1960 - 1961
NEWSPAPER & other ARTICLES

I have only a few articles. These are selected as involving me.

Dave Rich in Moscow.
Dave, with lollypop sign, in Moscow.
Why had mankind fought more than 17,000 wars in recorded history, basically each to end the need for another war? (Harvard historian, 1950's) Were Christians really following the command to "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."? (Romans 12:21)

In pondering that (and more) I became a Conscientious Objector (1-O) and joined the Committee for Nonviolent Action. Now mind, I have a tremendous respect for people in the military who want to defend our country and the values that we both love; I just disagree with their methods.

We (CNVA) demonstrated against our country's dependence on military power. We were told: "Go tell it to the Russians!" It was 1960 in the middle of the Cold War. How to do that? A long protest walk that got international press attention might work. We set out to try.

The walk begins
San Francisco newspaper: start of walk. Published November 30, 1960 º
Article in the Fort Lauderdale News on May 20, 1961
PDF: Showing my folks support for my involvement.
diary excerpt
Excerpt from a participant's diary May 1, 2061
The walk begins
Entering New York City. Published May 30, 2061
I was not the only "survivor." All the others walked most of the way. I was the only one to walk every bit of the way to there.


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