VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES TAKE ANTI-WAR MESSAGE TO HOME OF FORT BRAGG
March 19 March and Rally Will Be Largest in Fayetteville Since Vietnam War
FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak
Out, and Gold Star Families for Peace will march here with Veterans for
Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War and thousands of other peace
activists from around the country to mark the 2nd anniversary of the US
invasion of Iraq. Fayetteville, which characterizes itself as one of
the most ³military-friendly² towns in the US, is home to Ft. Bragg and
the Armyıs 82nd Airborne Division, and is adjacent to Pope Air Force Base.
³Organizations of Iraq war veterans and military families against the
war continue to grow,² said Fayetteville organizer Lou Plummer. ³More
than 50 people from our community are dead. Our government continues to
kill Americans and Iraqis alike in a war based on lies. Weıre holding
the march in Fayetteville to show our support for the troops by calling
for this administration to bring them home now, take care of them when
they get here, and end the policies that allowed this illegal and
immoral war to happen in the first place. Too many in Fayetteville,
across the country and in Iraq - have suffered from a war that should
never have happened.²
In addition to Bring Them Home Now!, Iraq Veterans Against the War,
Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans for Peace the eventıs sponsors
include Fayetteville Peace With Justice, North Carolina Council of
Churches, North Carolina Peace & Justice Coalition, Quaker House, and
United for Peace and Justice.
WHEN: March 19, 2005 at 10am
WHERE: Participants will gather at the County Health Center, 227
Fountainhead Lane, and march to Rowan Street Park.
WHO: Speakers at the rally, among many others - will include Michael
Hoffman, former Marine Lance Corporal and a founding member of Iraq
Veterans Against the War; Camilo Mejia, Iraq war veteran and
conscientious objector; Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families
for Peace, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq; and Anne Roesler, a
member of Military Families Speak Out whose son is currently serving in
Iraq on his second deployment there with the 82nd Airborne Division,
based at Ft. Bragg.
For more information: http://www.ncpeacejustice.org.