"Today’s violence irks her. We should be able to live without guns and violence,
. . . '". Yet she grew up with "knife violence". It seems idiocy is not restricted to youth.
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Grannies aim at gun laws
By KATHLEEN E. CAREY, Of the Times Staff June 30, 2000
Susan Angry plans to leave her residence in Kennett Square for the July 4 holiday to spend part of her day in Delaware County. But, unlike thousands of other travelers, she won’t be frolicking on her jaunt.
Angry and at least 35 other senior citizens plan to march in Swarthmore’s Fourth of July parade as part of a grassroots effort tagged "Grandmothers for Gun Control."
"We don’t know what effect it will have, but we will do our best," the 75-year-old Kendal resident said.
Charlotte Bartlett, 75, also of Kendal, is helping to organize the effort with fellow grandmother, Caroline Burnett. Bartlett said Burnett got the idea after watching May’s Million Mom March in Washington, D.C.
"You know, they left the grandmothers out on this thing," Burnett said, inspiring her to rent a bus and find a venue for the senior citizens interested in their own march.
Although the Million Moms did have their share of grandmoms, the Swarthmore event will allow those with less walking ease and more of a reliance on walkers, canes and wheelchairs to express their opinions. "It’s just our way of showing that no matter how old you are, you can show conviction about those things," Bartlett said.
Besides, these grannies haven’t left their significant others out. "The men said, ‘I want to come, too,’" Bartlett said. "There’s no reason to leave men out."
Bartlett said Burnett wanted to do the march in Kennett Square but was discouraged by the absence of an Independence Day parade. So she turned to her old haunts.
Bartlett said her friend lived in Swarthmore for many years, where her husband was mayor. There, the grandmoms were welcomed to walk the two-block route.
Ellen Pierce, Swarthmore’s parade coordinator, said, "We don’t really turn anyone away. It’s a very small parade. It only takes 15 minutes. Anyone is invited to join us."
The size of the parade may be made slightly larger by the dozens of gray-headed ladies and gentlemen sandwiched between the Brownies, Boy Scouts, church organizations and fire trucks.
Nothing gets these grannies more flared than the escalation of violence in modern-day society.
"I am so appalled by it that it’s hard to know what you can do about it," Bartlett said. In 1948, she worked as a social worker in Philadelphia. Then, the worst violence would be a stabbing. "It’s a whole different thing now," she said.
Angry herself has seen her share of life transformations. Reared on a Georgia plantation, she worked as a sharecropper, the great-granddaughter of slaves.
The Quaker grandmother said she didn’t know if slavery could have been solved peacefully. "I’m sure it would have been some violence no matter what," she said.
Today’s violence irks her. "We should be able to live without guns and violence," she said. "We come up with all kinds of knowledge and wisdom but we can’t come up with a way to live with each other without violence."
Anyone interested in walking with the grandmothers is encouraged to meet around 10 a.m. July 4 in front of the Co-op food store on Dartmouth Avenue.
©The Daily Times 2000
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
. . . '". Yet she grew up with "knife violence". It seems idiocy is not restricted to youth.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=588679&BRD=1675&PAG=461&dept_id=18171
Grannies aim at gun laws
By KATHLEEN E. CAREY, Of the Times Staff June 30, 2000
Susan Angry plans to leave her residence in Kennett Square for the July 4 holiday to spend part of her day in Delaware County. But, unlike thousands of other travelers, she won’t be frolicking on her jaunt.
Angry and at least 35 other senior citizens plan to march in Swarthmore’s Fourth of July parade as part of a grassroots effort tagged "Grandmothers for Gun Control."
"We don’t know what effect it will have, but we will do our best," the 75-year-old Kendal resident said.
Charlotte Bartlett, 75, also of Kendal, is helping to organize the effort with fellow grandmother, Caroline Burnett. Bartlett said Burnett got the idea after watching May’s Million Mom March in Washington, D.C.
"You know, they left the grandmothers out on this thing," Burnett said, inspiring her to rent a bus and find a venue for the senior citizens interested in their own march.
Although the Million Moms did have their share of grandmoms, the Swarthmore event will allow those with less walking ease and more of a reliance on walkers, canes and wheelchairs to express their opinions. "It’s just our way of showing that no matter how old you are, you can show conviction about those things," Bartlett said.
Besides, these grannies haven’t left their significant others out. "The men said, ‘I want to come, too,’" Bartlett said. "There’s no reason to leave men out."
Bartlett said Burnett wanted to do the march in Kennett Square but was discouraged by the absence of an Independence Day parade. So she turned to her old haunts.
Bartlett said her friend lived in Swarthmore for many years, where her husband was mayor. There, the grandmoms were welcomed to walk the two-block route.
Ellen Pierce, Swarthmore’s parade coordinator, said, "We don’t really turn anyone away. It’s a very small parade. It only takes 15 minutes. Anyone is invited to join us."
The size of the parade may be made slightly larger by the dozens of gray-headed ladies and gentlemen sandwiched between the Brownies, Boy Scouts, church organizations and fire trucks.
Nothing gets these grannies more flared than the escalation of violence in modern-day society.
"I am so appalled by it that it’s hard to know what you can do about it," Bartlett said. In 1948, she worked as a social worker in Philadelphia. Then, the worst violence would be a stabbing. "It’s a whole different thing now," she said.
Angry herself has seen her share of life transformations. Reared on a Georgia plantation, she worked as a sharecropper, the great-granddaughter of slaves.
The Quaker grandmother said she didn’t know if slavery could have been solved peacefully. "I’m sure it would have been some violence no matter what," she said.
Today’s violence irks her. "We should be able to live without guns and violence," she said. "We come up with all kinds of knowledge and wisdom but we can’t come up with a way to live with each other without violence."
Anyone interested in walking with the grandmothers is encouraged to meet around 10 a.m. July 4 in front of the Co-op food store on Dartmouth Avenue.
©The Daily Times 2000
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
