Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Remember the Golden Rule


Remember the Golden Rule: Humboldt County veterans working to restore historical peace boat - Times Standard

A 30-foot wooden boat rests in a boat yard at the edge of Fairhaven. Planks of wood are missing from its hull -- some torn out by rough waters, others carefully removed by the hands of men who see the small vessel as a symbol of peace and activism.

These men, members from local chapters of Veterans for Peace, gathered on a cold January day to work on the restoration of the Golden Rule, a boat that tried to sail into nuclear testing waters to protest militarism during the Cold War....


For more information on the Golden Rule Project, call 599-5378 or visit http://www.heritech.com/goldenrule/.