August 1, 1914 As World War I began, Harry Hodgkin, a British Quaker, and Friedrich Siegmund-Schulte, a German Lutheran pastor, attending a conference in Germany, pledged to continue sowing the “seeds of peace and love, no matter what the future might bring,” germinating the idea for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). FOR’s Mission: FOR seeks to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, peace, and justice. We are an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change. We educate, train, build coalitions, and engage in nonviolent and compassionate actions locally, nationally, and globally. History of the Fellowship of Reconciliation |
August 1, 1920 Mohandas Gandhi began the movement of “non-violent non-cooperation” with the British Raj (ruling colonial authority) in India. The strategy was to bring the British administrative machine to a halt by the total withdrawal of Indian popular support, both Hindu and Muslim. British-made goods were boycotted, as were schools, courts of law, and elective offices. More on the Non-Cooperation Movement |
| August 1, 1944 The Polish underground army began its battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European city to have fallen to the Germans in World War II. The heroic effort to rout the Germans |
| August 1, 1975 The U.S. and the U.S.S.R, represented by President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, along with 33 other nations, signed the Helsinki Accords at the close of the Finland meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.  The agreement recognized the inherent relationship between respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the attainment of genuine peace and security. All signatories agreed to respect freedom of thought, freedom of conscience, as well as freedom of religion and belief, and to facilitate the free movement of people, ideas, and information between nations. |
| August 1, 1976 200 people, organized by the Clamshell Alliance, occupied the site of a new nuclear power plant in Seabrook, New Hampshire. They were attempting to halt construction the same day the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission had issued a construction license. Eighteen were arrested. Eventually, only one of two planned reactors was built.  Clamshell Alliance history |
https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryaugust.htm#august1
Scottie's Playtime 
Interesting, we live in NH, just 30 road miles from Seabrook, and if our trees didn’t block the view, we could see the power plant. As a neighbor once said, “if that thing goes, I’m driving straight toward it. you can’t outrun that stuff” It’s a bit like living two streets over from Chernobyl. Reading all the efforts we have made in the past to keep the peace, or encourage the peace, and yeah, it seems in a very short time our beloved (koff koff) Person in Charge has wiped that slate clean.
LikeLiked by 2 people
Hi Judy. Ron and I also lived in NH but not that close to Seabrook. We were in Hinsdale. I worked at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. You mentioned Chernobyl. I was in Berlin when that event happened. The radiation plume came right over us. I was not able to take the iodine solution to minimize the effects to the thyroid. I got a healthy dose, maybe a lifetime dose of radiation which could be why my bones went bad so young. That and the physical abuse. Hugs
LikeLiked by 1 person