On the first anniversary of the continuing war
in Iraq...As part of the March 20th THE WORLD STILL SAYS NO! TO WAR
worldwide peace march..
Dover to D.C. Memorial
Procession
[walking and bus/van/car caravan]
A Trail of Mourning &
Truth to honor those killed and wounded in Iraq, with legal processions
followed by Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at The White House
Sunday, March 14 - Monday, March 15,
2004
The Bush Administration ignores all those being
killed and wounded as a result of war in Iraq. In order to acknowledge
the true toll of this war, you are invited to participate in the Dover
to DC Memorial Procession: A Trail of Mourning & Truth. Starting
at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the U.S. war dead
arrive,
we will honor and mourn all the dead, all the casualties of this war -
U.S.,
Iraqis, those from other countries. In mourning and in truth, we will
deliver
to the nation's capital our call to end the war and occupation.
Sunday, March 14, 12:30pm - Gather at Camden
Friends Meetinghouse, 122 E. Camden-Wyoming
Ave.,
in Camden, DE [near the Dover Air Force Base] for an Interfaith
Dedication
of Mourning & Truth followed by a 3.5 mile walk to the gates of the
Dover
Air Force Base. Rides will be provided for those with special needs. At
the
Dover Air Force Base, reading of the names of U.S. and Iraqi war dead,
bagpipes,
and speakers. The Dover to DC bus/van/car caravan commences to
Washington, DC. There will a sleep-over at a site en-route. Dinner and
breakfast provided.
Monday, March 15 - A Day of Mourning &
Truth to End the War. Gathering and Memorial of Healing at Walter Reed
Army Hospital in Washington, DC, current residence of many
U.S. servicemen and women wounded in Iraq, followed by a 4.9 mile
memorial walk to The White House. Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at the
White House to call on the Bush Administration to
end the war and occupation. Those willing to face arrest will engage in
nonviolent
resistance to the Bush Administration's policy of lies and war
Please plan to join us on
March 14 and 15, to honor those killed and wounded in Iraq, and to say
NO! to war and occupation.
Join the Phila.
Area Contingent Dover to D.C. Memorial
Procession. Click for Philadelphia Area Contingent Form
contact: American Friends Service Committee
(Baltimore) at 410-323-7200 Brandywine Peace
Community (Philadelphia) at 610-544-1818 Pacem
in Terris (Delaware) at 302-656-2721
Iraq Pledge of Resistance (Washington, DC)
at
301-589-2355
Sponsored by (list in formation):
American Friends Service Committee,
Baltimore
Pledge of Resistance, Brandywine Peace Community, Catholic Peace
Fellowship,
Delaware Co. [PA] Wage & Justice, Iraq Pledge of Resistance,
Metropolitan
Christian Council of Phila., Military Families Speak Out, Pacem in
Terris
(DE), Peace Action, September 11th Families for PEACEFUL TOMORROWS, The
Shalom
Center, Student Peace Action Network, Veterans For Peace, Voices in the
Wilderness, War Resister's League, Women's International League for
Peace & Freedom.