1226. Eight Examples of Unity and Peace from This Weekend’s Protests By Mariah Proctor, in Meridian Magazine GREAT ARTICLE!
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I love people of all races and colors! My parents taught me this, and I truly hope we can all learn to LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES! That is the second great commandment!
Eight Examples of Unity and Peace from This Weekend’s Protests
The events of this last weekend in response to the killing of George Floyd have shaken an already shaken country. Unfortunately, the feelings of insecurity and division are only made worse by the coverage, both in the mainstream media and on social media. So much focus remains on the rioting and the violence, that very little attention has been given to the peaceful protests and moments of inspiring unity that also occurred this weekend.
4. Protestors Form a Human Shield Around Officer Separated from His Unit.
As people became increasingly hostile in Louisville in a series of events protesting the killing of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed woman who was killed by officers in her home in March, a few protestors linked arms to protect an officer in danger (via Courier Journal, Louisville).
The crowd has grown and spent the past hour by the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections. The organizers are trying to get people to willfully disperse and go home, but there’s some resistance and confusion because it’s too many people to speak to all at once
In addition to this moment of connection, Black Lives Matter hosted a healing ceremony in Louisville where locals handed out sunscreen, water, and masks for attendees.
ANTHONY JANSEN VAN SALLEE, 1607-1676 by Hazel Van Dyke Roberts, PH.D. I'm using the historical writing of Hazel Roberts, as she did a lot of research on it. Anthony was the son of the Pirate King, Jan Jansen, told about in the last entry, # 154. This is about an interesting part of early New England History. New Amsterdam became the city New York when the English conquered the Dutch in 1664. Anthony Jansen Van Salee was a unique, interesting, and important figure in the early history of New Amsterdam, He has been found to be the most unusual and interesting figure in the New Amsterdam records . Contentious and obviously a nuisance to them, he was treated by the authorities with the respect due to a person of importance. It is speculated that Anthony’s ...
Subject: Palmyra Temple--Rest of the Story T We rarely know all the details of a completed temple. Much goes on in the months and years prior to its completion. The Palmyra, NY temple is no exception and the story is one of great vision, insight and the Lord's intervention . The story starts years before, perhaps years before anyone thought to build a temple here. In 1907 Apostle George Albert Smith purchased a portion of the original Smith farm for $16,000. In 1915 he sold it to the Church for $1.00 and President Joseph F. Smith called Bro Willard Bean and wife Rebecca on a 5 year mission to manage the farm and be the first stationary missionaries in the area since the Saints removed to Ohio in 1830. They served here for 25 years! making numerous improvements to the farm, softening the attitudes of the local residents, helping the Church to acquire more of the farm, and even the hill we now call the Hill C...
This is an inspiring article! Between my husband Wayne and I, we had 19 direct ancestors who knew the Prophet Joseph Smith. Their names are: Hyrum Dayton, Permelia Bundy, Hyrum Miles Dayton, Samuel Miles Sr., Prudence Marks, Thomas Colborn, Sarah Bower, Samuel Miles Jr., Hannah Marinda Colborn, Haden Wells Church, Sarah Ann Arterbury, Gideon Allen, Rachel Hand, John Lowe Butler, Caroline Farozine Skeen, Philo Allen, Deliverance Wilson, Lovina Fairchild, George Deliverance Wilson, and Sarah Adeline Butler. The last, Sarah Adeline was just a small child, but met him. The rest of those named were adults, very honorable and faithful. Many other ancestors who joined the Church in the 1840's and 1850's didn't make it to Nauvoo to meet the Prophet, but also sacrificed to come to join the Saints! One, John Lowe Butler, was a bodyguard to the Prophet, and he rode with the group to Carthage, and then had to return home. They all loved him, an...
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