Daniel Berrigan Through the Eyes of a 1960s Ithaca Mom
In our town and beyond, the priest, scholar, poet and activist served as a wake-up caller while the U.S. still had its eyes closed to the horrors of the Vietnam War.

Rev. Daniel Berrigan speaks to anti-war demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in New York City on Feb. 24, 1968. (AP)
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