Margaret McKenna: Difference between revisions

{{Quote box |width=24em |align=right |quote=''me and Sister Margaret on the Pentagon lawn<br/>arrested, our wrists in a plastic tie''|source=—"Timothy Hay" by [[mewithoutYou]]<ref name=mewithoutYou>{{harvnb|mewithoutYou|2009|p=8}}</ref>}} McKenna has been arrested for several acts of [[civil disobedience]] since becoming an activist in the 1970s.<ref name=Campellone>{{harvnb|Campellone|2010}}</ref> In 1987, she participated in a protest over the [[Iran–Contra affair]] during the bicentennial celebration of the signing of the constitution in Philadelphia.<ref name=Stevens>{{harvnb|Stevens|1987|p=A36}}</ref> In 1988 on Easter Sunday, McKenna and three other [[Plowshares Movement|Plowshares]] activists accessed the third deck of the {{USS|Iowa|BB-61|6}} and symbolically hammered on empty [[Tomahawk (missile)|Tomahawk]] missile housings before pouring their own blood on them.<ref name=Ellis>{{harvnb|Ellis|1988}}</ref> At the same time, a banner that read "Follow the nonviolent Christ" was placed on the side of the ship.<ref name=Thompson>{{harvnb|Thompson|2009}}</ref> The group was charged with trespassing, and McKenna was sentenced to four months in prison.<ref name=Thompson /> In 2007, McKenna, as well as musician [[Aaron Weiss]], was arrested for participating in a "[[die-in]]" to protest the civilian casualties of the [[Iraq War]] on the grounds of [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington County]], [[Virginia]].<ref name=JonahHouse>{{harvnb|Jonah House|2007}}</ref> This event was referenced in the song "Timothy Hay" by Weiss's band, [[mewithoutYou]], on their album ''[[It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright]]''.<ref name=Hagerman>{{harvnb|Hagerman|Weiss|2009}}</ref>▼