Posted on 03/10/2007 10:34:11 AM PST by Reaganite84
Caravan for U.S. troops shows colors
Military families and supporters in Move Forward America speak at Griffith Park en route to a rally next weekend in Washington, D.C.
By Valerie Reitman, Times Staff Writer March 10, 2007
Kyle Crowley, an 18-year-old Marine, died in Iraq nearly three years ago. Stricken by stress and grief, his father, Mark Crowley, suffered a near-fatal heart attack about 17 months later, on the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The elder Crowley, now 48, a sheet metal worker from the Northern California town of Tracy, wasn't healthy enough to return to work. He's been searching for meaning in his life ever since.
The one thing he's sure of, however, is that he doesn't want his son's life to have been lost in vain. That's why he joined a cross-country caravan of military families and supporters urging the U.S. to support the troops and criticizing politicians and antiwar activists for calling for troop withdrawal from Iraq before the job is done.
"Many have died for these colors," Crowley told supporters at Griffith Park on Friday as he held a U.S. flag. "If you don't support these colors, get the hell out."
The Los Angeles stop was one of two dozen rallies Crowley and others in the Move America Forward caravan will hold as they make their way to Washington, D.C., over the next eight days under the motto "These colors don't run."
About 100 supporters — including many veterans — added several dozen flags of all sizes to the caravan's collection, which the group plans to display in "a giant flag city of red, white and blue patriotism" on the National Mall next weekend.
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Hey, I recognize Mark Crowley! We met at the Marine Parent conference last year. Don't suppose I'll be able to find him in D.C. with all the masses, but I'll try.
Awesome to see that KRLA booth there.
One week to go...PING.
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I met that wonderful gentleman this evening at the Tucson rally. I thanked him for his sacrifice and got a HUGE hug from him. God Bless him and his family.
Makes one burst with pride to see such pics as these and knowing one is in the same spirit they are in. May their time spent in DC, be not only fruitful, and show the nation that many do take serious the fact our memorials to the fallen should be protected, but may they also have safe journeys.
Yhello NGZ
I agree It's great seeing the Travin' Journal
Cant wait till Wednesday in Atlanta and Saturday in DC
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