Below is a link to the rally ad and more info. Many of us do not know each other. Email me if you are going. Upchuck, can you identify a good gathering spot for us?? Also, we will need to know a good parking location.
river_rat, I don't know what happened in the activism section. I will repost this.
http://www.carolinapeace.org/
BRING THE TROOPS HOME!
Rally for Peace
SUN Oct 22nd 2-4pm
Odell Weeks Park
(Pavillion at corner of Price & Whiskey Rd)
Aiken, SC
Rally calling for a REAL exit strategy from Iraq, handing over Iraq to Iraqis and bringing our troops home.
Featuring...
Elaine Johnson, Military Families Speak Out, Mother of Spc. Darius Jennings, age 22, killed in action in Iraq in November 2003 when his Chinook helicopter was shot down, taking his life and the lives of fifteen other soldiers. Since then, she has committed herself to speaking out to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home, and take care of them.
Brett Bursey, SC Progressive Network, long-time SC activist and director of the SC Progressive Network, Bursey received national attention when he was arrested for carrying a sign that read "No Blood for Oil" at a President Bush rally in Columbia, SC.
Kelley Culver, Veterans for Peace, Retired USAF Major Kelley Culver served in the first Iraq war, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm as a squadron commander; he is now a member of Veterans for Peace, Chapter 125 in Atlanta.
Tom Turnipseed, Civil Rights & Peace Activist, Lawyer, writer, radio talk show host, and activist, Tom Turnipseed also served awhile back as a State Senator representing the Aiken area. Since then, he has been very active in the Antiracism movement and peace movements, serving on the board of the Carolina Peace Resource Center.
Memorial Scroll- Honoring the over 2,800 US servicemen killed in the Iraq war.
Music, food & much more!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! SPREAD THE WORD!
Please let us know if your are planning to attend.
CONTACT: aiken_peace@yahoo.com/(803) 215-3263
Bursey was not arrested for carrying a sign, he was arrested for violating 18:1752(a)(1)(ii) – remaining on grounds where President of the United States was temporarily visiting – Temporary Residence of the President
Further, Bursey is a Vietnam-War era vandal and ne'er-do-well:
Query: What provoked 22-year-old Brett Bursey to spray paint “Hell No! We Won’t Go!” on the Draft Board office, in Columbia South Carolina, on March 20 1970?
FReepers needed. Anyone in the area?