JUNE 12, 1982

June 12.

This date is forever etched on my memory.

It was June 12, 1982 when I was in New York for the Great Peace March, a giant anti-nuclear weapons rally.

I walked backwards on Fifth Avenue to take pictures of the oncoming “parade”.

I then walked to Central Park and sat among an estimated 1,000,000 persons.

According to New York's Parks and Recreation, it was one of the cleanest days in New York history.

It was also reported that there had not been ONE reported incident of violence!

I had taken a walk the night before. 

At one point (I think it was right after I walked past a man who was sleeping on the sidewalk) I looked up and saw a full moon.

And the figure of a cross was across it.

I thought to myself, "This is a good omen."

The nuclear arms race didn't end

I suppose it will never end.

But we tried on June 12.

IT'S ABOUT RENEWABLE RESOURCES!