Friend's E-mail:   (maximum of 3 addresses separated by commas) Your E-mail: A Brief Comment (150 char max / 25 word max) Article: NESI: Honor moms and peace Throughout the summer and fall of 1870, the great abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe looked on in horror as the armies of France and Germany slaughtered one another on the fields of Alsace-Lorraine, during the brief but brutal Franco-Prussian War. Reports of the carnage in Europe brought back painful memories of America's own Civil War, which had ended just five years earlier. Security image:     Note: the e-mail sent will contain information, such as your IP address (38.103.63.60), for purposes of tracking abuse. Use of this software to spam or harass individuals can and may result in penalties punishable by law.