by H. Patricia Hynes November 2, 2026 

My Peace Shrine in the Greenfield Recorder November 2nd

“Each morning, I walk to a peace shrine near me to contemplate what seems to be an unending cycle of wars and to pray for peace in the universal language of the heart shared among those who yearn for peace in our world…

…” The United States, never free of war since World War II, has “used its global military network to invade or intervene in 96 countries” over the last 80 years. And it is currently involved in seven military conflicts across six different wars.”