Wolemba Meredith Aby-Keirstead, April 5, 2019
Pa April 4, 1967, Dr. King adalankhula mawu ake odana ndi nkhondo "Beyond Vietnam" ku Riverside Church ku New York City. Akanaphedwa momvetsa chisoni chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, pakhonde la Lorraine Motel ku Memphis, Tennessee.
Pa Epulo 4, 1949, Pangano la North Atlantic Treaty lidasainidwa kuwonetsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa mgwirizano wankhondo wotchedwa NATO.
Pulogalamuyi idayambira pamasitepe akuluakulu ndi nyimbo za Mlongo Brigid McDonald, mawu oyamba a Sue Ann Martinson ndi Mel Reeves, belu lolira ndi a Veterans for Peace, ndi mawu otamanda Reverend King olembedwa ndi Bishopu Richard D. Howell Jr. waku Shilo Temple.
Martinson, chiŵalo cha Women Against Military Madness, anatsegula chochitikacho kuti: “Martin Luther King anatcha Vietnam chizindikiro cha matenda akuya kwambiri a mzimu wa Amereka. Lero tili ndi chizindikiro china, Venezuela. Ananeneratu kuti tidzakhala tikuyenda ndi kupita kumisonkhano popanda mapeto pokhapokha kusintha kwakukulu kwa moyo ndi ndondomeko ya America kunachitika; tsopano tili ndi nkhondo zopanda malire ndipo ku Venezuela kuyesa kulanda boma ndi chiwopsezo cha nkhondo. " Ananenanso kuti, "Tikulankhula za chete kuwiri lero, kumodzi ndi chete pakulankhula kwa 'Beyond Vietnam' komanso uthenga wodana ndi nkhondo, wolimbikitsa mtendere pamapulogalamu okhudza Dr. King monga momwe adachitira tsiku la Martin Luther King. Chinanso ndichochetechete pakukula komanso kukula kwa maziko a US/NATO padziko lonse lapansi. "
Mkati mwa capitol rotunda khamu linamva owonetsa awiri akuluakulu: Pulofesa wa yunivesite ya Minnesota August Nimtz pa cholowa cha ufulu wa anthu cha Martin Luther King Jr., ndi Major (Ret.) Todd E. Pierce pa NATO.
Ophatikizidwa mu pulogalamu yonseyi anali kuwerengedwa kuchokera ku "Ndili ndi Maloto" ndi "Beyond Vietnam" zokamba za ana asukulu za pulayimale ndi sekondale.
Mwambowu udathandizidwa ndi Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 ndi Women Against Military Madness.
