The Nation - News from Sept. 22, 1986

Thousands of former Peace Corps volunteers marched, in a line that stretched through Washington and across the Potomac River into Arlington National Cemetery, on a day of memorial for 199 colleagues who died in service and a day of renewal for ideals that did not. The group marched to the cemetery, first to lay a wreath at the grave of President John F. Kennedy, who established the Peace Corps in 1961, and then to the amphitheater to honor those who died at their Peace Corps posts. Most of the deaths occurred in accidents, though there have been 10 murders and a few suicides, officials said.