Hands Across America

I was in 2nd grade when Hands Across America happened. I think it was 1985 or 1986. I was jealous because this boy in my class was actually participating. How cool was that? Instead our school embraced the national peace movement and each student traced our hands onto construction paper, cut them out, and displayed them across halls of the entire school. To a 8 year old, it was pretty neat.

Here are some references for the event:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_America
http://www.usaforafrica.org/legacy/hands.htm