Local history: Hands Across America united us 35 years ago
United we stood. Americans lined up 35 years ago in an attempt to form a human chain that stretched from sea to shining sea.
When the time arrived, strangers clasped hands and sang along as hundreds of U.S. radio stations played the same song at once.
“Hands across America,” people sang cheerfully. “Hands across this land I love. Divided we fall. United we stand. Hands across America.”
In an idealistic era when high-profile events were staged to combat hunger and homelessness, Hands Across America was exceedingly ambitious. More than 5 million people participated Sunday, May 25, 1986, as the chain snaked its way from New York to Los Angeles through 16 states and the District of Columbia.
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This is the cover of the book The Monk s Record Player: Thomas Merton, Bob Dylan and the Perilous Summer of 1966 by Robert Hudson. The book is reviewed by Mitch Finley. (CNS)
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Robert Hudson is a writer and editor, a recognized Bob Dylan scholar and a member of the International Thomas Merton Society, and here is his starting point: Although (Father Thomas Merton and Bob Dylan) lived their lives a thousand miles apart, their souls were next-door neighbors.
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SEE YOU AT THE OCTAGON (Wed 26 May – Tue 15 June) by local stage and screen writer Becky Prestwich. This specially commissioned monologue is a story about the people and the town of Bolton, inspired by the public responses to the Octagon’s Eight Questions questionnaire, which draws on memories shared of the past year and hopes for the future. See You at the Octagon captures the laughs, friendships and overwhelming community spirit that has touched people’s lives and celebrates audiences coming together to experience live