Posted on 09/21/2004 10:17:58 AM PDT by LouAvul
After burning their draft cards during the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of Americans avoided jail by fleeing to Canada.
Many settled in the small town of Nelson, British Columbia (search), just across the Washington state border. Now, 30 years later, the mayor of Nelson and some other Canadians are planning to honor the draft dodgers with a two-day festival and a larger-than-life monument depicting a Canadian helping two scared American men.
Though the festival and statue unveiling are still two years away, the war of words is just beginning.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (search) leaders are outraged by the monument, as are others in the United States who see the plan as a slap in the face. Some have written to Nelson officials to say they’ll never visit the town again.
The Canadian government did nothing to discourage Americans from heading north of the border so many years ago. In fact, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (search) rolled out the red carpet, saying the draft dodgers had his complete sympathy.
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Agreed.
Well, it's time to let the Nelson camber of commerce know how you feel. Let them know that IF you vacation in Canuckistan at all, you sure as heck won't be staying ANTWHERE NEAR their little pi$$ant town because of the "monument"!
Their email is info@discovernelson.com
Canada is delusional. Carter is one of the worst presidents this country ever had. He has absolutely no credibility on anything.
No need to do that ... OUR vets will take care of it.
Bingo
Even the English ones? After all, only one province is French.
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