Freedom of Religion, Free Speech - Our basic rights as Americans?
I learned that three colleges in Indiana have collaborated in a project that appears on the PLOWSHARES DIGITAL ARCHIVE FOR PEACE STUDIES. The colleges are Earlham College, Goshen College, and Manchester University
Excerpts:
The Plowshares Digital Archive for Peace Studies provides primary documents - including minutes, diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers and periodicals - ranging in date from the 1700s to the present. The archive chronicles the social justice efforts of the students and faculty of these colleges as well as the members of their affiliated historic peace-churches - Quakers, Mennonites and the Church of the Brethren. This partnership, often supported by the Lilly Endowment, focuses on preserving and documenting the history of peace studies, social justice, and the peacemaking traditions of the historic peace churches: Quakers, Mennonites, and the Church of the Brethren.
Now, let's go over the subject a bit:
A person who registers for the United States Selective Service (Military Draft) may never be called to serve. Currently men/males but not women/females must register.
The time to state that one is a CO is when called to serve.
In the past there have been options including military service that is non-combative and working in non-military Public Service Camps.
The United States will by the end of 2026 have a vast database that includes all the 18-25 year old men/males possible to find. There will be stiff penalties for not registering.
If you are a CO, look to the past, and then to the present. At this moment, I don't know all the details when it comes to opting out of military service for the United States of America.
It is my opinion that patriotism has room for diverse opinions.
NARA is the first step to finding MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS including Draft Regisrations, for ancestors and Next-of-Kin.
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