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Roger Allen LaPorte is best known as a protester the Vietnam War who set himself on fire (self-immolation) front of the United Nations building in New York City on 9 1965 to protest the United States involvement in the war.
Sir Thomas Allen makes the point in a note with this delightful collection of 25 ballads that he rates it beside his many recordings of music heavyweights like Wagner and Verdi.
This CD is a pleasure to listen to, Thomas Allen brings such understanding and warmth to well loved Barber songs.
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November 2Eighty-two-year old Alice Hertz had set herself alight on March 16 in Detroit; Roger Allen LaPorte, sixty years younger than Hertz, would do the same in New York City on November 9, exactly a week after Morrison's protest.
November 91965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
A historical footnote - on the day of Laporte's suicide, the Northeast and parts of Eastern Canada were struck later by what has since become known as The Great Blackout of 1965, triggered by problems at a Canadian power station.
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Roger Allen LaPorte Norman Morrison Thich Quang Duc United Nations self-immolation November 9 Vietnam War New York City United States The Pentagon
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In New York City, 22-year old Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam (this was the second such incident...
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 Roger Allen LaPorte - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Roger Allen LaPorte - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Roger Allen LaPorte (1943 – November 9, 1965) is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire (self-immolation) in front of the United Nations building in New York City on November 9, 1965 to protest the United States involvement in the war.
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November 9In New York City, 22-year old Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam (this was the second such incident...
1965 - Free EncyclopediaIn New York City, 22-year old Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam (this was the second such incident...
Axis of Evel Knievel: November 2Roger Allen LaPorte, sixty years younger than Hertz, would do the same in New York City on November 9, exactly a week after Morrison's protest.
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 Florence Beaumont . United States . Los Angeles, California . Norman Morrison . 1967
Florence Beaumont died October 15, 1967, Los Angeles, California Los Angeles is one of eight United States Americans known to have set themselves on fire self-immolation in protest of the escalating Vietnam war.
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 Sir No Sir! - GI Protests 1965 - 1972
New York City - Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam.
Allen Myers appears on the Frank Ford Show on WPEN to talk about upcoming April 5 GI-civilian demonstration in New York.
Washington DC - Roger Priest’s lawyer’s file petition with U.S. Court of Military Appeals on the grounds that Admiral Koch’s actions were an “unwarranted interference into the judicial proceedings” and that he had no authority to overrule a military judge on “matters of law”
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 This Day in History 1965: Antiwar protestor sets himself afire
In the second such antiwar incident within a week, Roger Allen LaPorte, a 22-year-old member of the Catholic Worker movement, immolates himself in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Before dying the next day, LaPorte declared, "I'm against wars, all wars.
I did this as a religious act." LaPorte's act of protest followed that of Norman Morrison, a 32-year-old Quaker from Baltimore, who immolated himself in front of the Pentagon on November 2.
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 Thanhnien News
The government of the North of Vietnam then issued a postage stamp in his honor that year, the possession of which was prohibited in the US.
Seven days after Morrison’s death, Roger Allen LaPorte, a 22-year-old man, performed a similar act in New York City, in front of the United Nations building.
By the mid-1960s antiwar groups and protests had begun to spring up around the US, with protests coming to a head when President Johnson started bombing North Vietnam in 1965.
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 Wikipedia: Vietnam War
Gruesome images of two anti-war activists that set themselves on fire in November 1965 provided iconic images of how strongly some people felt that the war was immoral.
On November 2 32-year-old Quaker member Norman Morrison set himself on fire in front of The Pentagon and on November 9 22-year old Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte did the same thing in front of the United Nations building.
The growing anti-war movement alarmed many in the US government.
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 TheHistoryNet | Today in History | Today in History: November 9
The event becomes known as Kristallnacht, the night of the shattered glass.
Roger Allen LaPorte, a 22-year-old former seminarian and a member of the Catholic worker movement, immolates himself at the United Nations in New York City in protest of the Vietnam War.
Nine Northeastern states and parts of Canada go dark in the worst power failure in history, when a switch at a station near Niagara Falls fails.
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 Open Thread | NewsBusters.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Considering that it was stated that a majority of military ballots are suppose to be for Allen (which astonished the MSM, since Webb is a "war hero" (notice they knoy tout that for Democrats?)), we may see the results change after counted.
You know, if Sheehan had any balls she would have done something like Roger Allen LaPorte did 31 years ago today.
Maybe we should tell the democrats that Roger LaPorte came up with a new post election celebration: gasoline filled hot tub with cigars for everyone.
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 Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies - Production notes
In November 1965, Quaker Norman Morrison immolated himself in front of The Pentagon in protest of the war in Vietnam.
A week later, 22-year-old Roger Allen LaPorte set himself on fire in front of the UN building in New York.
A week later, Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte does the same in front of the UN building in New York.
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 Roger Allen LaPorte Did You Mean Roger?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
November 9, 1965) is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire (self-immolation) in front of the United Nations building in New York City on November 9, 1965 to protest the United States involvement in the war.
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 This Day in History: 1965
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of flouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965.
Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
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 Axis of Evel Knievel: November 2006
Morrison was the second of three Americans who -- following the example of several Vietmanese Buddhist monks -- immolated themselves in 1965 to protest the war.
Eighty-two-year old Alice Hertz had set herself alight on March 16 in Detroit; Roger Allen LaPorte, sixty years younger than Hertz, would do the same in New York City on November 9, exactly a week after Morrison's protest.
Robert McNamara, who was not present at the November 2 meeting, announced his resignation less than a month after the second anniversary of Morrison's death.
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 WWW.LAPORTE.NAME - Darren, Charlie, Phillip pages   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Laporte's individual homepages (subdomains) available - Darren, Charlie, Phillip etc.
LAPORTE.NAME is still under development but you can click on each page to verify if it's activated.
Site last updated on Tuesday December 26, 2006.
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 De Novo: November 2004 Archives
Recognizing that price is not blaming the people who obviously benefit (as we all do in the long run) from the progress; it is being in touch with political reality.
Today in History (1965) - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the Vietnam War.
Five years later, the Supreme Court refuses to hear Massachusetts v.
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 Today in History November 9
1965 Nov 9, Roger Allen LaPorte a 22 year old former seminarian and a member of the Catholic worker movement, immolated himself at the United Nations in New York City in protest of the Vietnam War.
2004 Nov 9, Baseball star Roger Clemens won his record seventh Cy Young Award.
Don Evans resigned their posts with the Bush administration.
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 Norman Morrison Roger Allen LaPorte Sojourners Erie, Pennsylvania November 2 self-immolation External links Alice_Herz ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Norman Morrison Roger Allen LaPorte Sojourners Erie, Pennsylvania November 2 self-immolation External links Alice_Herz Florence Beaumont Profile of Morrison Vietnam War
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Morrison became a hero to the Vietnamese;http://www.mylaipeacepark.org/dedicate.html North Vietnam issued in his honour a postage stamp, possession of which was prohibited in the US.
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* 1965 - Catholic Worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
2005 - Ethan Allen Boating Accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
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 Sixties City - Bringing on back the good times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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