Peace winds like a ribbon

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Twenty-three years ago Merritt - now 81 - conceived of a plan to surround the Pentagon with a ribbon depicting all the things it would be unthinkable to lose in the event of nuclear war.

Her vision inspired thousands across the country and throughout the world to create yard-long fabric panels depicting the things they most loved. By the time she and 15,000 volunteers descended on Arlington, Va., in 1985 to wrap the Pentagon, they actually had 14 miles of colorful panels, some painstakingly embroidered, appliqueed or quilted, others painted, all of them tied together in an unbroken ribbon that has been called the largest piece of folk art ever created. <snip>

The images range from breathtaking displays of nature to meticulously stitched names of loved ones, and they did more than surround the Pentagon 20 years ago. The ribbon reached across the Potomac River past the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the Capitol and back to Lafayette Square across from the White House. <snip>

Her ribbon work took her around the world and put her in contact with powerful people: Pope John Paul II, former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, all of whom received a ribbon panel. <snip>

http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/05/14/d1.cr.vigil.0514.html

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Looks like we ned to do this again... complete with pictures so our

"president" can understand.