Sunday March 14-Monday March 15 2004, there will be a solemn funeral procession to honor the lives of those killed in Iraq. On Sunday March 14, following a march from Camden Freinds Meetinghouse to Dover AFB, a funeral procession will caravan to DC with stops along the way. Monday March 15, the procession will march from Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the White House. See the message for details and the attached flyer and forms!
On the first anniversary of the continuing war in Iraq...
Dover to D.C. Memorial Procession
A trail of mourning and truth to honor those
killed and wounded in Iraq, with legal processions to be followed by nonviolent direct action at the White House
Sunday, March 14 - Monday, March 15, 2004
Starting at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, where the war dead arrive, this memorial procession will honor our fallen brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, wives, husbands, mothers, fathers and friends, along with Iraqi civilians and the increasing number of people from other countries who have been killed and wounded in Iraq, while delivering our call to end the violence to the nation’s capital.
Sunday, March 14 - Gather at Camden Friends Meetinghouse in Dover at 12:30pm, for a brief service followed by a memorial procession to the gates of Dover Air Force Base. Following a ceremony at the base, a caravan will proceed to a rally in Baltimore, Maryland, and then on to Washington DC.
Monday, March 15 - Gathering and observances at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC, current residence of many U.S. servicemen and women wounded in Iraq, followed by memorial procession to White House. At the White House, those so moved will deliver our memorial message and call to the end the war to the Bush Administration, risking arrest in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience if necessary.
Please plan to join us on March 14 and 15, to honor those killed and wounded in Iraq, and to say no to war.
For more information and to get involved, go to
www.peacepledge.org/resist, or call:
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, Iraq Pledge of Resistance, Pacem in Terris, Peace Action, Student Peace Action Network, Veterans For Peace