Dan Wilcox Remembers Peace Activist Pat Beetle
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Pat Beetle, a long time icon of the peace movement in the Capital District, passed away recently a few months shy of her 100th birthday. A co-founder of groups such as Women Against War, Alternatives to Violence Project, and Grannies for Peace. she was a Quaker who was long active in the movement for nuclear disarmament. Local peace activist and poet Dan Wilcox shares his remembrances about Pat.