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Peace Pilgrim near Topeka, Kan., in the late 1970s. She had walked 25,000 miles by 1964, and continued for almost two more decades. She carried only a pen, a comb, a toothbrush and a map.

Mildred Norman, the Peace Pilgrim

One of the most inspiring individuals walking for peace was Mildred Norman, who called herself simply Peace Pilgrim. She walked well over 25,000 miles criss-crossing the country, embodying the message of peace. It was New Years Day in 1953, the Korean War was still raging and Mildred Norman left Pasadena, California with the goal of walking the country for peace. She took up a new identity – Peace Pilgrim and walked for 28 years, never carrying money or food, depending only on peoples generosity for food and shelter. 

Here’s a documentary about the Peace Pilgrim. At age 44, Mildred Norman left her life circumstances and became Peace Pilgrim — “walking coast to coast for peace for nearly 30 years, living on faith and sharing her wisdom and exuberance generously with people across the land. This 60-minute documentary is a poetic and musical exploration of her life and message, which is as relevant today as ever. Included are interviews with the Dalai Lama, Maya Angelou, John Robbins, Elizabeth Kubler Ross, and many of Peace Pilgrim’s friends, admirers, and relatives, along with newsreel footage from the 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s, when Peace Pilgrim was on her walk for peace.”

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Peace Pilgrim near Topeka, Kan., in the late 1970s. She had walked 25,000 miles by 1964, and continued for almost two more decades. She carried only a pen, a comb, a toothbrush and a map.

Mildred Norman, the Peace Pilgrim

At age 44, Mildred Norman left her life circumstances and became Peace Pilgrim -- "walking coast to coast for peace for nearly 30 years, living on faith and sharing her wisdom and exuberance generously with people across the land.
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Satish Kumar

In 1962, Satish Kumar set off from India on a peace walk that took him to Moscow, Paris, London and Washington DC, a  journey of around 8,000 miles and two and half years.
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The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament

  • 1986
The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament  was a cross-country mass walk in 1986 with a goal of raising awareness to the growing danger of nuclear proliferation and to advocate for their complete and verifiable elimination. 
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The Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice

  • 1976
Following the end of the Vietnam War, in the year of the US Bicentennial, the Continental Walk for Disarmament and Social Justice was an effort to refocus attention on the urgent issues of armaments.
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San Francisco to Moscow Walk for Universal Disarmament

  • 1960 - 1961
On December 1, 1960, just after a rally in San Francisco, ten members of the Committee for Non-Violent Action marched out of the city, intent on marching across the country.
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The Selma to Montgomery Marches

  • 1965
Martin Luther King and thousands of nonviolent activists marched 54 miles from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery as part of the campaign for equal voting rights.
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Vinoba Bhave

  • 1951
Bhoodan walked for more than a decade, covering an estimated 70-80 thousand kilometres asking landowners to consider him a son and give him one-sixth of their land for him to distribute to the poor.
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The Salt March

  • 1930
In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi led a 24-day nonviolent civil disobedience (satyagraha) march to the Indian Ocean.
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