That's why we have Fedex.
I gotta go find some corks.
Posted on 09/09/2004 3:58:31 PM PDT by chemical_boy
NELSON, B.C. - B.C. activists plan to erect a bronze sculpture honouring draft dodgers, four decades after Americans opposed to the Vietnam War sought refuge in Canada.
The memorial, created by artists in Nelson, B.C., ties into a two-day celebration planned for July 2006 that pays tribute to as many as 125,000 Americans who fled to Canada between 1964 and 1977.
"This will mark the courageous legacy of Vietnam War resisters and the Canadians who helped them resettle in this country during that tumultuous era," Isaac Romano, the director of the Our Way Home festival told a news conference in Nelson Tuesday.
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So9
At least I know where I can take a piss if I ever get up that way.
'the courageous legacy of Vietnam War resisters'
Courage is standing up when you know it'll hurt you. I'm not aware of draft dodgers having to endure hardship by the gov't.
Well, there goes any future Canadian fishing trip. Not a dime to them!! I won't even buy the Globe and Mail anymore!!
That's why we have Fedex.
I gotta go find some corks.
Exactly what one would expect from a bunch of French transplants.
I'm game, but I'm kinda new. How do I do that?
Guessing the monument will have a sound system blaring out Country Joe's "Fixin'-To-Die Rag" 24-7
Draft-dodger memorial to be built in B.C.
Last Updated Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:27:18 EDT
NELSON, B.C. - B.C. activists plan to erect a bronze sculpture honouring draft dodgers, four decades after Americans opposed to the Vietnam War sought refuge in Canada.
The memorial, created by artists in Nelson, B.C., ties into a two-day celebration planned for July 2006 that pays tribute to as many as 125,000 Americans who fled to Canada between 1964 and 1977.
LINKS: Seeking Sanctuary: Draft Dodgers
"This will mark the courageous legacy of Vietnam War resisters and the Canadians who helped them resettle in this country during that tumultuous era," Isaac Romano, the director of the Our Way Home festival told a news conference in Nelson Tuesday.
The event will honour people who came to Canada and resisted war efforts, from burning their draft cards during the Vietnam War to leaving the army to protest the war in Iraq, Romano said.
Musicians – many of who participated in the anti-war movement – will play at the festival, scheduled for July 8-9, 2006. Historians and critics of U.S. foreign policy will speak and a documentary about American war resisters by director Michelle Mason will be screened.
Estimates of the number of Americans who came to Canada because they opposed the Vietnam War range from 50,000 to 125,000.
They sought refuge in Canada between 1964 and 1977 in one of the biggest political exoduses in U.S. history.
The first wave of Vietnam era immigrants, called "draft dodgers," was largely middle class and educated.
Deserters from the army came later, mostly with little education or money.
Many of the war resisters settled in British Columbia, especially in the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast and the West Kootenay, the B.C. Interior region where Nelson is located.
Thousands returned south after President Jimmy Carter granted them amnesty in 1977, but the 1986 census indicated that half stayed in Canada.
Written by CBC News Online staff
<< B.C. activists plan to erect a bronze sculpture honouring draft dodgers, four decades after .... as many as 125,000 .... fled to Canada between 1964 and 1977. >>
Why not?
After all, consider the great boost given canada when the mean IQ, moral integrity and backbone of both countries was increased at least 50% when our fearfilled and gutless ran away up there.
Although it's a bronze sculpture, they are using brass for the spine.
Canuk scum
Two things ...
1. By not coming up here to fish because of this monument issue, you are likely boycotting the wrong people. Chances are that the buisness owners don't support this cause.
2. Why would anyone buy the Globe and Mail? It's a liberal rag.
It's better than my Gannett paper. I'm in NY.
They should dunk those two deserters in bronze.
Unbelievable
My parents had a big fight circa 1970 about this issue. My Mom argued that she would send me to Canada if I was drafted. My Dad angrily declared, No kid of mine will go to Canada! The bottom line is that I'm female and therefore this was a moot point, but my parents stopped speaking for a whole day because of it!
Maybe we should create a monument for all the talented, productive Canadians who flee to our country to escape their repressive tax burden.
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