Santa Barbara News-Press
Santa Barbara, California
Friday, January 15, 1982
Local News
[photo, not shown here, captioned:]
News-Press photo by Steve Malone
PEACE MARCH HEADING NORTH
A group of Japanese Buddhist monks and companions
walked up State Street today, en route from San Diego
to Seattle on a World Peace March in support of the
United Nations second special session on disarmament
planned this spring. Five such groups have launched
marches in the United States and Canada, intending
to converge at the U.N. for the session.
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One monk in front is carrying the vertical banner on
a pole with the Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo calligraphy
written on it. Behind him about ten paces or so is
the horizontal banner being carried, reading:
The World Peace March. Set The Date.
Nuclear Free Pacific
In Support of SSDII at the United Nations
Tokyo - Guam - Hawaii - San Diego - LA - SF - Seattle - United Nations
Following the banner are a dozen or so walkers including two monks
showing beating the hand drums (Tenku, celestial drums). In the
back can be seen the top of my head walking and drumming too.
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Carolynne and I and Micah participated in this local Santa
Barbara leg of the Pacific Route, and also at the start of
another of the five routes of the World Peace March across
America, the main route led by Rev. Yoshida of our Los
Angeles Nipponzan Myohoji Dojo that departed the Venice
Pavilion in Santa Monica in October of 1981 walking towards
Washington DC and the United Nations. I was able to join
again in Washington DC for a few days and in New York
for the ending days featuring one million people gathered
in Central Park.