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May 18, 2013 by tomdalzell

Peace Train Berkeley Part Two (Flags Unfurled and Flying!)

One finds the occasional American flag flying in front of a home in Berkeley, but as far as my research has informed me, peace flags are the flags of choice.  Actually, Buddhist prayer flags are the most common, but they are small and often ragged little flags.  When it comes to big flags, we harken to David Crosby singing about letting his freak flag fly and we let our peace flags fly.

Some of us fly the official peace flag first used in an Italian peace march in 1961 with seven rainbow stripes and the word “Peace”  (actually Pace in the Italian original):

2927 Parker

2927 Parker

101 Parkside

101 Parkside

 

1716 Blake

1716 Blake

2955 Linden

2955 Linden

2434 9th

2434 9th

976 Oxford

976 Oxford

2628 Hilgard

2628 Hilgard

We respect the original, but this is – after all – Berkeley, and so we fly our own versions.  We are especially partial to Tibetan peace flags, but we are open to other ideas.

1232-1234 Channing

1232-1234 Channing

111 El Camino

111 El Camino

1237 Kains

1237 Kains

600 The Alameda

600 The Alameda

1607 Woolsey

1607 Woolsey

832 Santa Barbara

832 Santa Barbara

And then there are the Tibetan peace flags, a variation on Buddhist prayer flags but aimed at peace and with a worldwide movement behind them.

1433 Ada

1433 Ada

1433 Ada

1433 Ada

1433 Ada

1433 Ada

901 Grayson

901 Grayson

1042 Sierra

1042 Sierra

2212 Browning

2212 Browning

2315 Edwards

2315 Edwards

2017 Parker

2017 Parker

1608 Fairview

1608 Fairview

And then there is the ecology flag.  Kind of peace.  Cool flag.  Slips in right here:

835 Miramar

835 Miramar

The Weavers called on us to rally ’round the flag.  We did.  We do.

Oh so much more peace to come.  Stay tuned.  More news at eleven.

 

 

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