NguLarry Johnson
Kudala abantu bafunda ukwenza izitya zodongwe, ukutya nokusela. Ingozi kunye novavanyo lwabafundisa ukuba ukucofa izitya kwenza isandi, kwaye isinyithi, ngakumbi ubhedu, zenza isandi esingcono. Isitya esijijekileyo saba yintsimbi yokukhala kwingozi, okanye ukubizela isidlo okanye intlanganiso. Ngamaxesha emfazwe, iintsimbi ezininzi ziye zanyibilikiswa ukwenza izixhobo zobundlobongela ukuya phambili, ngokushwankathela isicatshulwa esidumileyo sikaEisenhower, ukubiwa kokutya ezityeni zabantu abaninzi kakhulu behlabathi.
Ndiyabulela kwiBhodi yezobuGcisa kaRhulumente kunye nabavoti baseMinnesota, ngolwabiwo-mthetho oluvela kwingxowa-mali yelifa lenkcubeko, amagqala kunye namatshantliziyo asebenze nomkroli uGita Ghei kulo nyaka ukwenza intsimbi yabo yoxolo. Umsebenzi wethu omde, onzima wokubuyisela umfuziselo woxolo we-Armistice ka-1918, waba ngumqolo wokuvumela oku ukuba kwenzeke. Ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezi-6 sakhe uluntu oluqinileyo njengoko sasizoba iidizayini, senza iimbumba zewax, saxuba kwaye sagalela isamente yodaka, kwaye ekugqibeleni sagalela ubhedu oba yintsimbi nganye. UBruce Berry, uMat Bockley, uHeinz Brummel, uStephen Gates, uTed John, uLarry Johnson, uSteve McKeown, uLorrie O'Neal, uJim Ricci, uJohn Thomas, uChante Wolf, noCraig Wood, bonke benze umsebenzi woxolo, wokucamngca, wobugcisa wokudala. eyeyabo intsimbi yokukhala koxolo. Andikwazi nokubulela unondyebo wethu omkhulu, uTim Hansen, ngokwaneleyo ngokulawula zonke iimali zenkxaso-mali yobugcisa obukhethekileyo. Umyalezo kunye nesimboli kubaluleke kakhulu, kodwa uyawa ngaphandle ukuba umsebenzi wenkxaso awuphumeleli. UTim uyasebenza.
UStephen Gates, igqala kunye nomenzi wentsimbi, uthe, “Emva kokuchitha iminyaka ndikhanyela intsingiselo yamava am asemkhosini, ndiye ndafikelela kumnqweno wokudala uxolo emhlabeni. Ndiligcisa elibonakalayo, kodwa bendisoloko ndifuna ukwenza isakhelo. Le projekthi indivumele ukuba ndenze oko, inceda ukwenza isandi esivakalayo kwichibi loxolo. " Andililo igcisa elibonakalayo, kwaye ngendingazange ndisayine koku, ngaphandle kokuba ibimalunga nantoni. Ndingumbalisi wamabali, “igcisa lamagama”, ngoko ke intsimbi yam inoyilo olulula, isandi esilungileyo, kunye namagama “Ring Out Light”. Ndaphanda iingoma kunye namabali, imbali yeentsimbi. Intsimbi yeNkululeko (intsimbi yenkululeko) yaphoswa izihlandlo ezi-3, kwaye sihlandlo ngasinye igqabhuka, ngaloo ndlela ingoma kaLeonard Cohen, “Khalisa iintsimbi ezisakwazi ukukhala; Wawulibele umnikelo wakho ogqibeleleyo. Kukho ukuqhekeka kuyo yonke into. Kungena njalo ukukhanya”. Ndandicinga ngelizwi elithi, "Ingozi yokuqala yemfazwe yinyaniso", kunye neTestamente eNtsha, "Yazi inyaniso eya kukukhulula". Xa umntu esithi, “Enkosi ngokulwela inkululeko yethu”, ndithi, “Ndilwela inyaniso esikhululayo; ukukhanya okukhanyisa ebumnyameni”. Intsimbi yam ikhalisa ukukhanya kwenyaniso.
Uncedo lweentsimbi zoxolo lwabiza umsitho kawonke-wonke owafikelela kuvuthondaba, ngoko ke siye sabamba urhatya nge-20 kaMatshi, uSuku lweHlabathi lokubaliswa kwaMabali, kwiCawa yasePlymouth Congregational. USuku lokubalisa amaBali lweHlabathi lukhule ukusuka kumnyhadala wonyaka we-1990s wangaphambili eScandinavia, kwaye waqala ngo-2003, njengoko i-United States yayilungiselela ukuhlasela i-Iraq. Nyaka ngamnye ukusukela ngoko, malunga okanye malunga ne-20 kaMatshi, kukho iziganeko kumazwe angama-25 okanye ngaphezulu kwihlabathi liphela, zonke ziqhutywa ngomoya othi “Ukuba ndiyaliva ibali lakho, kunzima kum ukuba ndikucaphukele”. Umcimbi wethu waqala ngePlymouth Bell Choir, ekhokelwa nguCammy Carteng, edlala uDona Nobis Pacem. Njengoko sasinika umphathiswa wasePlymouth, uJim Gertmenian ibhena yeKellogg-Briand Pact, sasisehlisa izitulo ezongezelelweyo kubantu abangaphezu kwe-125 ababezalise igumbi. USteve McKeown uxelele imbali kunye nentsingiselo enzulu yomsebenzi wethu kunye neArmistice Peace Bells. Ilungu le-VFP, u-Wes Davey, wakhalisa intsimbi eyenziwe kwi-artillery ye-World War I. Sasilela ekufumaneni amaqokobhe alahliweyo ukuba anyibilike kumxube ezakhutshwa kuwo iintsimbi zethu, ngoko ke eli galelo lisuka kuCurt Oliver, owayesakuba ngumlawuli womculo kwiCawa yaseMacalester Plymouth, longeze loo nto. UJack Pearson, imvumi/umbalisi wamabali, usikhokhele ku-“Ukuba bendineNsimbi yokuKhalisa”, kwaye wadlala umculo kuhadi lomhlathi owenziwe ngamaqhekeza anyibilikayo e-B-17 eyantlithekayo. URose McGee, umbalisi wamabali/umculi, ubalise ibali likayise, igqala leMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini yaseAfrika/yaseMelika, ebuyela ebomini. U-Elaine Wynne, umbalisi wamabali, uxelele i-Irish Folktale “Peddlar of Ballaghadreen”, ngoPeddlar wakudala “ebeke ngabom unyawo phambi kolunye” ukuze afike apho uSt. kukwenza uxolo. Urhatya olukhuthazayo lwaphela ngamazwi anentsingiselo avela kubakhi bentsimbi, abathi ke bakhalisa iintsimbi abazenzayo, ngaxeshanye, amaxesha ali-11.
Sasicinga ukuba umhla wama-20 kaMatshi yayingumsitho wethu wokuvala, kodwa kwananjengoko sasiwuceba, sacelwa ukuba sibe yinxalenye yoMthendeleko waminyaka le weZizwe owawuqhutyelwa eRiver Centre eSt. UMnyhadala weZizwe eziManyeneyo sisiganeko esikhulu, sineentsuku ezimbini zabafundi nootitshala, kwaye ezimbini zivuleleke kuluntu ngokubanzi. Iququzelelwa liZiko laMazwe ngaMazwe minyaka le, kwaye itsalela amawaka eendwendwe ezivela kummandla welizwe ezintlanu. Umxholo walo nyaka wawusithi “Uxolo phakathi kweZizwe”, kwaye uLinda DeRoode, uMlawuli woMnyhadala, wasicela ukuba sibe noMboniso we-Peace Bell kwaye sikhalise iiBells zoXolo yonke imihla ngo-11. sifumene umsebenzi wethu kwi-Kellogg-Briand Pact, kwaye wacela uSteve McKeown ukuba ancede ukwakha umboniso weKellogg kuMnyhadala. Kwakhona wakha iGadi yoXolo yangaphakathi kunye noWalter Enloe waseHamline, waza wacela uElaine kunye nam ukuba sibalise ibali likaSadako esilixelele iminyaka emininzi kwiSikhumbuzo sika-Agasti 6 saseHiroshima eLake Harriet Peace Garden. Sibuze, "Ke, kuthekani ngebali likaFrank Kellogg naye", ke i-3 yeentsuku ezi-4 esizixeleleyo, ngeyure nganye, nokuba libali likaSadako, intombazana encinci yaseHiroshima eyaphefumlela umhlaba ukuba usonge iikhreyini zoxolo, okanye ibali likaFrank Kellogg, ekuphela kweMinnesotan owakha wafumana ibhaso loXolo lweNobel. Ngenye imini, uMargi Preus, waseDuluth wafunda incwadi yabantwana bakhe malunga neDuluth Peace Bell.
Yayingamava amangalisayo ebesingenako ukuwacwangcisa. Siye sathetha nootitshala abaninzi ngomdla wokuba size sithethe, okanye sibancede benze esabo isikhumbuzo seArmistice ngoNovemba 11. Bambi bathetha ngokuba neonti esikolweni nobunjineli bokufaka iintsimbi zoxolo. USteve wenze amalungiselelo okuba sinikeze iikopi zikaDavid Swanson Xa iMfazwe yeHlabathi iHlabathiwe kwiqela lootitshala ngokucacileyo ababenomdla nokuzibophelela ekuyisebenziseni ekufundiseni kwabo nokwabelana nabanye esikolweni.
UChante wenze umfanekiso omhle wetafile wokuboniswa kwenkqubo yokwenza iintsimbi, kwaye kuko konke, samkelwe kakuhle. Umyalezo wethu, owakhiwe ngumfanekiso wokukhaliswa kweentsimbi zoxolo, wanikelwa ngomoya wentetho ka-1929 kaMongameli uCalvin Coolidge kumangcwaba ase-Arlington ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo. UCoolidge, uMongameli xa kwasayinwa iSivumelwano sikaKellogg-Briand, wathi, "Sihlanganisene ukuze sikhumbule abo banikela ngobomi babo kwinkonzo yelizwe, kwaye akukho ntlawulo enkulu esinokuyihlawula kunokuba senze konke okusemandleni ukugcina iimfazwe ezinjalo zivela. kwenzeke kwakhona”. UElaine wasebenza etafileni iintsuku ezimbalwa waza wathi, “Abafundi abaninzi babuza ngeentsimbi. Xa ndathi amagqala enziwe ngenxa yokuba ajonge iindlela ezingcono zokusombulula impixano kunemfazwe, athi, 'Kupholile. Kanye njengoGandhi'. Uninzi lwaluvela kumazwe adlakazwe yimfazwe, kwaye ubuso babo baqaqamba kukufunda ukuba amagqala emfazwe ayezama ukuyijika loo nto”.
UDale Rott usinike amatikiti amaninzi okuba abasebenzi bangene kumnyhadala. Andizukuzama ukubabiza ngamagama apha, kodwa ndiyabulela kuwo onke amalungu abeze kumboniso wethu kwaye athethe nabatyeleli bomnyhadala malunga nento esiyenzayo nokuba kutheni. Ndiyathemba ukuba nonke nifanele niphume nityelele umnyhadala. Ngemini endakwenza ngayo oko, ndafumana amabali amaninzi amnandi avela kwihlabathi liphela. Umboniso waseTaiwan wawugxile kwiKinmen Memorial Park, apho baneNsimbi yoXolo eyenziwe ngamaqokobhe adutyulwa kubo kwidabi lango-1958. I-Italiya yabonisa iSt. Francis, kunye noMaria Montessori, owakha inkqubo yemfundo ebalaseleyo e-Italy, kodwa wagxothwa xa enqaba ukuyivumela ukuba ikhonze i-fascism ekhulayo eYurophu. Naphi na apho wayesiya khona, wayehlwayela imbewu yokufundisa abantwana ukuba babe ngabadali boxolo “abapheleleyo,” yaye xa iinkqubo zikarhulumente zazingamfuni, wayeqhubela phambili, enethemba lokuba imigudu yakhe yayiya kuqhubeka ikhula ngokufihlakeleyo. I-Czechoslavakia igxininise uVaclev Havel, igcisa/inkokeli enkulu, “enguquko yevelvet” yayo inento eninzi yokwenza nokuphela koDonga lwaseBerlin kunokuba yenze intetho ekuthiwa nguReagan “Ludiliza olo donga” ekucingelwa ukuba udumile. Xa u-Havel wafa, amakhandlela avutha kulo lonke ilizwe, kwaye ke amanye amagcisa aqokelela yonke i-wax kwaye wakha ikhandlela leenyawo ezi-7, ukubhiyozela ubunkokeli bukaHavel. Njengombhali / umbhali wemidlalo yeqonga, wathetha izinto ezininzi ezikhumbulekayo, kodwa njengenkokeli ye-activist yelizwe lakhe, wathetha izinto ezifana "Ndihlala ngokwenene kwihlabathi apho amagama anamandla ngaphezu kwe-10 yezahlulo zomkhosi". Kwanga iintsimbi zethu zoXolo zingaqhubeka zikhala.
