Members of the NYC WRL protested at the Intrepid Museum
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
NEW YORK — On Thursday members of the New York City local of the War Resisters League protested the return of the U.S.S. Intrepid, a World War Two era aircraft carrier, to Manhattan . The Intrepid had been docked in Staten Island for the last two years as it underwent refurbishing. Permanently based on the Hudson River, adjacent to Manhattan’s West Side Highway, the ship is used as a museum – one that glorifies war according to the WRL. Ironically, the warship, propelled by tugs, returned to Manhattan on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. The War Resisters League carried signs referring to the coincidence as a “sad tribute”.
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