Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:13:33 PM
On the big day, the 91-year-old woman sets her alarm clock for just after dawn.
She pulls on a blouse and two sweaters to protect against the autumn chill. She eats a banana and drinks a glass of orange juice to guard against the fatigue that sneaks up on her before noon.
And then she sits at her kitchen table, her red, white and blue cane resting by her side.
Peg Gallagher sits, and she prepares herself for the day to come. A car ride downtown. An anti-war protest in the lobby of the Qwest Center Omaha to disrupt a military conference.
On the eve of the first Persian Gulf War, she did something that still makes her smile today. ( Slice: Still putting herself on the line )
Peg Gallagher, a Catholic who attends Mass every Saturday night, gathered the religious leaders of a dozen denominations. She organized an all-faiths service where priests, ministers, rabbis and imams took the microphone, one after another, and called for peace.
The first time she got arrested was in front of the White House. Another time, police arrested her in front of Offutt Air Force Base.
(Peg Gallagher needs to understand that if the good guys can't defend us we will have people like Hitler running the world and destroying it.)