April 24, 1971 video of John Denver singing "The Strangest Dream" at a peace march in Washington DC. The song, written by Ed McCurdy about 1950, became one of the anthems of the Vietnam war era. If you have trouble playing here, click to see it on YouTube.
* Why "A Million Copies"? It's a significant number; an audacious goal. It's a phrase perhaps best defined by Ed McCurdy's lyric in "Last Night I had the Strangest Dream"; "...and when the paper was all signed, and a million copies made..." Listen to John Denver sing these words on this page.
Signers of the 1971 Minnesota Declaration of World Citizenship
Wendell R. Anderson, Governor (Democrat) Rudy Perpich, Lieutenant Governor (Democrat) Stanley Holmquist, Senate Majority Leader (Republican) Nicholas Coleman, Senate Minority Leader (Democrat) Aubrey Dirlam, Speaker of the House (Republican) Ernest Lindstrom, House Majority Leader (Republican) Martin O. Sabo, House Minority Leader (Democrat) Hubert Humphrey, U.S. Senate (Democrat) Walter Mondale, U.S. Senate (Democrat) Bill Frenzel, Member of Congress (Republican) Donald Fraser, Member of Congress (Democrat) Robert Knutson, Chief Justice Minnesota Supreme Court Malcolm Moos, President, University of Minnesota David Roe, President, Minnesota AFL-CIO Robert King, President, Minnesota State Bar Association M. Hammarborg, President, Minnesota Council of Churches Leo C. Byrne, coadjustor Archbishop, Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis Eli Kahn, President, Minnesota Rabbinical Association Harlan Smith, President, Minnesota World Federalists Mary Ann McCoy, President, Minnesota League of Women Voters David Krogseng, Chairman, Minnesota Republican Party (Republican) Richard Moe, Chairman, Minnesota DFL Party (Democrat) Orville Hagnander, President, United Nations Association - MN Harry Davis, President, Minneapolis Urban Coalition Leon F. Cook, President, National Congress of American Indians U Thant, Secretary-General, United Nations
Others integral to the Declaration: Lynn Elling, Minneapolis businessman Stanley Platt, Minneapolis business executive Elmer L. Andersen, former Minnesota Governor (Republican) Bill Carlson, television personality
The States of Iowa and Illinois signed similar declaration around the same time in history, and in following years many cities and communities followed suit.
For information on ordering a copy of the 1971 film about the Project, "Man's Next Giant Leap", contact Dick Bernard dick_bernard AT msn DOT com
