Nke Meredith Aby-Keirstead, April 5, 2019
N'April 4, 1967, Dr. King kwuru okwu mgbochi agha ya "Beyond Vietnam" na Churchka Riverside dị na New York City. A ga-egbu ya n'ụzọ dị mwute ozugbo otu afọ gachara, na mbara ihu Lorraine Motel dị na Memphis, Tennessee.
N'April 4, 1949, a bịanyere aka na Nkwekọrịta North Atlantic na-egosi mmalite nke njikọ ndị agha a maara dị ka NATO.
Mmemme malitere na steepụ isi obodo site n'abụ nke Nwanna Nwanyị Brigid McDonald, okwu mmeghe nke Sue Ann Martinson na Mel Reeves, mgbịrịgba nke Veterans for Peace na-ada, na otuto nke Reverend King nke Bishọp Richard D. Howell Jr. nke Shaịlo Temple.
Martinson, onye so na Women Against Military Madness, meghere ihe omume ahụ: “Martin Luther King kpọrọ Vietnam ihe mgbaàmà nke nrịanrịa miri emi nke mmụọ America. Taa, anyị nwere ihe mgbaàmà ọzọ, Venezuela. O buru amụma na anyị ga na-eme njem na ịga rallies na-enweghị njedebe ọ gwụla ma mgbanwe dị ukwuu na ndụ America na amụma mere; ugbu a, anyị nwere agha na-adịghị agwụ agwụ na n'ihe banyere Venezuela, a nwara ịkwatu ya na iyi egwu agha. " Ọ gbakwụnyere, "Anyị na-ekwu maka ịgbachi nkịtị abụọ taa, otu bụ ịgbachi nkịtị gburugburu okwu 'Beyond Vietnam' na mgbochi agha ya, ozi udo na mmemme mmemme gbasara Dr. King dịka ha nwere na Martin Luther King Day. Nke ọzọ bụ ịgbachi nkịtị n'obosara na oke nke ntọala US / NATO n'ụwa niile. "
N'ime isi obodo rotunda igwe mmadụ nụrụ ndị isi abụọ: Mahadum Minnesota Prọfesọ August Nimtz na ihe nketa nke ikike obodo Martin Luther King Jr., na Major (Ret.) Todd E. Pierce na NATO.
Ndị gbanyere mkpọrọgwụ n'ime mmemme ahụ bụ ọgụgụ sitere na okwu "Enwere m nrọ" na "Gafere Vietnam" nke ụmụ akwụkwọ elementrị na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị mpaghara.
Ndị Minnesota Peace Action Coalition kwadoro ihe omume a, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 na Women Against Military Madness.
