Background
Macy Elkins was born in Molalla, Oregon, a Pacific Northwest logging town. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Oregon Trail pioneer Luther Elkins.
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Macy Morse
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Macy Morse, along with others, formed the Nashua, New Hampshire People Concerned About the War in Vietnam to help end United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Morse was a participant of, an action group of the Plowshares Movement. The group was set up to target Avco Corporation, a military contractor and subsidiary of Textron.
The group entered the Avco Systems Division in Wilmington, Massachusetts and hammered on manufacturing equipment and poured blood on documents entitled "MX Peacekeeper".
She served eight days in Framingham Massachusetts jail. In 1981, to protest Reagan Administration nuclear first strike policies, Morse helped coordinate a peaceful action in the offices of Alexander Haig, then the Secretary of State to President Ronald Reagan.
Along with others, she made her way into the offices of the Secretary and splashed human blood onto the carpet and furniture. Arrested, Morse was tried and served 18 days in the Washington, District of Columbia city jail.
