(Sources: Peace Buttons, War Resisters League, and the Peace Center.)
June 22
1843
The First General Peace Convention opened in London, England of “persons from different nations … to deliberate upon the best means, under the Divine blessing, to show the world the evil and inexpediency of the spirit and to promote permanent and universal peace.”
1987
At least 8,000 peace protesters formed a 10-mile human chain around the U.S. air base on Okinawa, Japan.
People in Okinawa demostrate against a new U.S. base every day.
2002 No Base chain at Okinawa.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 