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Hiroshima-Nagasaki at ELF

Clam Lake WI 8 August

We've gathered at ELF in Wisconsin and/or Michigan most years since 1978, featuring nonviolent resistance most of those years since 1984; this year was no exception. After the fourth peacewalk from Ashland to ELF (one in 1987, then each of the last three years), a dozen good souls crossed the line yet again in one of America's longest nonviolent campaigns. This year's Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration walk and nonviolent resistance was organized by Nukewatch.

A portion of the 60 people who came to ELF for August 8 Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration and subsequent resistance.   photo: Tom Howard-Hastings

After a brief ceremony, the 12 left the circle of about 60 and walked past the security boundary to waiting deputies, who wrote them trespass tickets, as usual.

Arraignment is set for September 9 for: Mary Adams, 58, Bisbee AZ; Tom Bottolene, 49, and Elizabeth Pepperwolf, 42, both of St. Paul MN; Amanda Cunningham, 24, and Cory Skuldt, 19, both of Boston MA; Jim Durdin, 50, Clarinda IA; Jane Hosking, 31, Duluth MN; Rodney Moose, 45, Bonnie Urfer, 46, and John LaForge 43, all of Luck WI; Josh Trost, 22, Waconda IL; Michael Rebholz, 18, Milwaukee WI.