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Monday, March 15, 2004
Thoreau
In 1846, a young Henry David Thoreau put his beliefs into action and refused to pay taxes because of the United States government's involvement in the Mexican War, which Thoreau firmly believed was unjust. For his daring and unprecedented act of protest, he was thrown in jail. Jerome Laurence and Robert E. Lee's play, "The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail," is a celebrated dramatic presentation of this famous act of civil disobedience and its consequences.
The play will be performed by members of the DC Anti-War Network on Wednesday, March 17, at 8 p.m. at the Warehouse Theater (1021 Seventh St. NW; 202/783-3933). Admission is $5, and includes mingling and music after the performance.
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