30 years ago on Nov 16/1989—the massacre of the Jesuit community of the C. American Univ of San Salvador. Their bodies were left on the lawn outside their residence. Today a rose garden planted by the husband of their housekeeper, Elba Ramos, and their daughter Celina, also slain
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Many remembered Archbishop Romero’s words, a decade before: “I am glad that they have murdered priests in this country, because it would be very sad if in a country where they are murdering the people so horrifically, there were no priests among the victims.”
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Above—relics of the martyrs ; the room where Elba and Celina died.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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