#AVCcalendar In the American Weekly Mercury for this week in 1738, Benjamin Lay advertised his book 'All Slavekeepers Who Hold The Innocent In Bondage, Apostates,' a rambling abolitionist polemic by the vegetarian Quaker. Franklin left his name off the title page.
#AVCcalendar It's #WomensEqualityDay ! Vegetarian Sarah Grimke wrote some of the first US essays on women's equality, but many women have pioneered the veg movement, including Caroline Earle White, Mary Gove Nichols, Peace Pilgrim, Alfoncie Austin, & Anne and Freya Dinshah of AVS.
#AVCcalendar It's #FrankensteinDay , Mary Shelley's bday (1797). She was vegetarian & the wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley. In the book a creature (not Frankenstein) says 'I do not destroy the lamb and the kid, to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.'
#AVCcalendar The August 1897 issue of the VSA's Food, Home & Garden magazine muses about 'how easy it would be to give up animal products in view of the vegetable butters and other nut foods' and concludes 'We believe entire independence of the animal is only a question of time.'
#AVCcalendar Happy bday to Theodore Parker (1810). He was not a vegetarian but visited the vegan commune Fruitlands. He said 'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.' (His original quote is a bit wordier -- this is the version streamlined by MLK Jr.)
#AVCcalendar Today is the birthday of River Phoenix (1970), a staunch vegan who starred in Stand By Me & other films. His brother Joaquin, in his epic pro-vegan acceptance speech at the 2020 Academy Awards, quoted River's lyric 'Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.'
#AVCcalendar Happy #NationalJulienneFriesDay ! Julienne fries are known for their matchstick size and shape.
#AVCcalendar Today in 1942 a movie was released that has become synonymous with human concern for wild animals -- Walt Disney's βBambi.β βBambiβ was the first movie that American Vegan Society President Freya Dinshah ever saw.
#AVCcalendar Happy #NationalSmoresDay ! We are so thankful for the amazing vegan brands that make it easy for us to celebrate this yummy day.
#AVCcalendar Tonight is International Bat Night! This holiday is a collaboration of various bat-related groups trying to rehab the 'scary' public image of these creatures, the only mammals who can fly. Remember that without bats, there'd be a lot more insects, and also no Batman!
#AVCcalendar Happy #NationalLemonadeDay ! We like to sweeten ours with some maple syrup. Apple or white grape juice work well too! ππ
#AVCcalendar Today in 1975 was the first of what's been called 'the most important gathering of vegetarians in the United States in the twentieth century,' the opening of the 23rd IVU World Vegetarian Congress in Orono Maine,overseen by Jay & Freya Dinshah bit.ly/343HJuh
