[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Peace boat "heads to the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River to highlight radioactive contamination at Navy bases"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Golden Rule heads to the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River to highlight radioactive contamination at Navy bases
Peace boat expected in the region in late March

By Pat Elder
Military Poisons
January 11, 2023

The Golden Rule is undertaking a great expedition throughout the country that will take the ship to Washington and Baltimore in the spring of 2023. They’ll be touring the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. The ship is currently visiting friends in Havana, Cuba. The 30-foot vessel is sailing on a peace mission to promote non-violence and to spread an anti-nuclear message to the general public.

 In 1958, four Quaker peace activists sailed the Golden Rule toward the Marshall Islands with the goal of interfering with nuclear weapons testing. The US Coast Guard stopped the vessel and arrested her skipper, a retired Naval lieutenant commander, and the rest of the crew. The arrest of the crew of this historic, well-publicized direct action led to public outcry around the world - which ultimately led to the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which the US, USSR and the UK all signed.

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Now, after seven years of west coast and Hawaii educational events, the small crew of four, and two supporting the mission on shore, hope to draw attention to radioactive contamination along the shorelines of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. This is part of an 11,000 mile, 15-month voyage where over 100 cities and towns are welcoming the Golden Rule.  The ship will make brief stops in Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA, Indian Head, MD, Dahlgren, VA, St. Mary’s City, MD, Solomons, MD, Chesapeake Beach, MD, Annapolis, MD, and Baltimore, MD.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/the-golden-rule-heads-to-the-chesapeake-bay-and-the-potomac-river-to-highlight-radioactive-contamination-at-navy-bases

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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