“Fight for Victory Tour” My Report & Pics From Niles,Il.

Varied ^ | 9-13-07 | JustPiper

[JustPiper]

I want to say when I first saw the post scouting for locations for this event, I thought in my haste, that it was a local Chicago Freeper chapter that was meeting to support our troops.
I was heartened for the locale was my suggestion but more importantly after the debacle in Congress and what they do to our wonderful men and women in the military, I was proud to partake in honoring them.

I chose Niles,Il. because it befitted what Move Across America had requested and the fact it is a Memorial to our fallen veterans. It is called Veteran's fountain.
Niles is a patriotic town also. The waterfall at night has red, white blue colors.

In honor of United States military veterans ... The Niles Veterans Waterfall, located in Niles, Illinois.

I hope to have more pictures soon of the memorial plaque and shrine.
I became increasingly excited the more I learned about what all of us were waiting for, the “Fight for Victory Tour” caravan.
I met people who came from Wisconsin because our locale was closest for them.
I met two Freeper's, I'm certain there were more.
The speeches given were inspiring and tearful. The singing also made me cry.
Many cars hooted and tooted being we were at a very busy intersection and it was rush hour.

I was proud to celebrate and honor our troops. Grateful that my daughter saw this beautiful vigil.

Chicago Area FReepers: Need your input Move America Forward ^ | 08/25/2007 | MAF Staff Posted on 08/26/2007 5:41:46 PM CDT by Impeach98 To our Chicago/Illinois area FReepers:

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Itinerary for “Fight for Victory Tour”

I'm proud to say my suggestion of location was chosen

posted on 08/28/2007 12:06:06 AM CDT by JustPiper (If you do not stand behind our Troops~ Then you need to stand in FRONT of our Troops)

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 | Kristinn Posted on 09/12/2007 1:43:46 PM CDT by kristinn

Day Nine -Tuesday Sept 11 2007 Chicago, IL

It was September 11 and we wanted to do something special to honor our troops and those who died as victims or terrorism. It would have been great to do something right in Chicago but we could not arrange a permit for any good locations.

We did however find a spot in Niles, a suburb of northern Chicago that was a great place to hold a candlelight vigil. It was just an intersection across from the Niles police department building with a lot of room on the street corner and a big fountain behind us.

There was a great little crowd there and we started pulling out our shirts, Diana’s CDs, the victory blanket, and we started putting little tea candles into the paper cups we brought. Several people from the crowd wanted to help out with that too, so we had a few people putting candles into cups and setting that up while the rest of us put together the normal set up.

Diana Nagy got on the microphone and everyone in the crowd got their candles ready, Robert and I were lighting them like crazy, then Diana sang the spangled banner and everyone stood in silence for a moment to remember the fallen. It was a somber moment and then Deborah and Debbie got up to tell their sons stories. This time when Deborah Johns and Debbie Lee told their stories though, they took out anything that had a political undertone to it.

Deborah Johns told us all about when her son first started talking about wanting to join the Marine Corps, how worried she was about his decision and how he basically sprung it on her by surprise and took her to the recruiting office and put her on the spot to sign even before he had turned 18. Deborah also talked about how Will had always played baseball and that he actually got a scholarship to Arizona State to play baseball for them and then at the last minute he decided he preferred going into the USMC.

I can’t help but think about Michael Moore and his ridiculous Fahrenheit 9/11 movie and the segment where he goes to film the Army recruiters out in front of Wal-Mart. The point is to show how dishonest recruiters prey on disaffected or low income youths to join the military. Buzz talks about this concept that the public has in his book War Crimes. In it, he talks about how the media and movies and elements on the left try hard to characterize the military as a socially skewed organization that only sends the son’s of the poor and minorities to war. Buzz rebukes these myths in War Crimes, here are just a couple supporting facts and figures but you can read about it extensively in his book; 51 percent of Air Force officers have at least a Master’s Degree, three out of every five people who join the military come from families in the top 20% earnings bracket, and 99% of people in the military have at least a high school diploma versus only 80% of the general public of the same age group.

So when Debbie Lee talks about her son Marc, when Deborah Johns talks about Will and when the hundreds of blue star and gold star moms and families that I have met on this trip across the country talk about their sons and daughters who have joined, we mustn’t allow ourselves to think of that liberal stereotype of the disconnected kid who is looking for a group to belong to and needs the signing bonus because his family has no money. These boys and girls who enlist in our armed services could have done anything with their lives, anything they wanted, because they are achievers. But they all felt a call to service, to be a part and support something much larger and greater than themselves.

Colonel Buzz Patterson

Republican candidate for Senate Dr. Steve Sauerberg and his wife

Hello, my name is Steve Sauerberg and I am the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. I can no longer stand back and watch the lack of foresight, the poor judgment, and the mismanagement in the United States Senate without taking action.

Diana Nagy,JustPiper,Deborah Johns & Debbie Lee

Group photo at dusk

Our nightime vigil, JustPiper is the blond in this picture

My daughter and Freeper Kinetic with Abe

Fellow Freeper Bruce {in red} from DesPlaines,Il.

Gold Star Mother Debbie Lee being interviewed by WGN News

Deborah Johns whose son has just signed up for his FOURTH tour in Iraq

This grand lady epitomizes what we all feel here in Illinois

EMAIL

info@MoveAmericaForward.org

Eagles! Don’t let these people interfere with Melanie and her Move America Forward caravan! It has come to our attention that our good friends at Move America Forward are being targeted by the anti-American left. It is not enough that these ultra-liberal forces think it fine to disparage our men and women in uniform. They are now targeting our supporters as they make their way to stand with us in Washington, DC, on 15 September.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007-Chicago Move America Forward - BackyardConservative

[SlowBoat407]

Thanks, JP. Wonderful job!!

[IncPen]

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[TAdams8591]

A beautiful event, PIPER! Well done! Bravo! : )

[Jenny Hatch]

Awesome job!

We held our Boulder event in front of the Daily Camera Building downtown. They did not bother to send a reporter over to cover it, even though we made it so easy for them. But Boulder is an otherworldly place.

The moonbats are getting downright desperate. That die in should be called the “die off” of the anti war movement.

Actually, I would be happy if they would just take a bath.

Jenny Hatch

http://www.naturalfamilyblog.com/archives/001140.html

[STARWISE]

Wonderful, JP!! Thank you for all you’ve done to boost support for our awesome troops, and for being so involved in this seeing that this wonderful rally happened. I’ve only sped through Niles on the train .. it looks and seems like a very nice town.

[TAdams8591]

Thank you and good for you, too, Jenny! : )

[JustPiper]

Gathering of Eagles III: Get ready By Michelle Malkin

The return of the Eagles By Michelle Malkin Combating the moonbat convergence.

Stand by the American Mission in Iraq-Sign the Petition

Blogburst: Gathering of Eagles–30,000 strong=***Update: Heidi at Gathering of Eagles reports on the National Park Service estimate of the GoE turnout: 30,000 strong. The silent majority no more.*** By Michelle Malkin

[JustPiper]

Freedom’s Watch spokesman Matt David, however tells me the group was charged “significantly more” than MoveOn.org for its ad. The organization says it plans to run a response to the MoveOn.org NYT ad in the Times, “and we plan to demand the same ad rate they paid,” David says.

Confirmed: NYT gave MoveOn almost two-thirds off on “Betray Us” ad; Update: Pro-war group says it was charged “significantly more” for its ad

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Thank you for sharing this thread with me, JP.

The best to you & family.

[Brandie]

This is great thank you for pinging me. And thank you for all you do.

[Velveeta]

Great pics, JP!
I wish I could have been there.