Posted on 03/23/2007 1:41:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Saturday, Drexel Hill resident Bob Spano woke up at 3:30 a.m. and donned his bright red Marine Corp League jacket and hat.
Braving the ice, slush and snow left from Friday's storm, Spano joined 80 other Delaware County veterans early Saturday on a bus heading to bitterly cold Washington, D.C.
On the Mall in the Capitol that day, anti-war protesters planned to have a rally coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the conflict in Iraq.
But Spano and his colleagues were heading to the Mall for a different purpose: for what they called a "Gathering of Eagles," to protect the Vietnam War Memorial from possible vandalism.
"Everybody has a different point of view, that's America. That's freedom," said Spano, a member of the General Smedley D. Butler Marine Corp League Detachment in Newtown Square. "We just want to protect the memorial."
Anti-war protesters and veterans from all over the country numbered from 10,000 to 20,000, according to police estimates. Veterans comprised the smaller half of the group.
The two groups surrounded the Lincoln Memorial: one side was a mix of yellow "U.S. Out of Iraq Now" signs, peace symbols and even a Buddhist monk.
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I've read so many of these in the last few days it's become a proof reading exercise.
But she did OK.
Keep 'em comin'! :-)
Oh weird, I know someone from Drexel Hill with that last name! I used to be her camp counsellor!
RE Post #3, I meant the last name "Spano".
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