EASTHAMPTON Repeated nightmares of mushroom clouds rising on the horizon often haunted Merri Ansara as a child.The fear of the threat of nuclear weapons was ever present following the atomic bombings of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki,.
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The Rev. Andrea Ayvazian, left, of Northampton turns to talk with Bonner McAllester of Monterey during a standout in front of L3Harris Technologies in Northampton in memory of the late activist Frances Crowe on Monday, March 15, 2021, which would have been her 102nd birthday. The photo on Ayvazian’s sign was taken by Ayvazian’s late mother, Gloria Ayvazian, a friend and neighbor of Crowe’s. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
Nancy Talanian, left, of Whately holds a sign with a question the late Northampton activist Frances Crowe would pose. Talanian was among about 50 people who gathered in front of L3Harris Technologies in Northampton for a standout in memory of Crowe on Monday, March 15, 2021, which would have been her 102nd birthday. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING