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1 posted on 04/02/2003 6:17:55 PM PST by RaceBannon

To: RaceBannon; #1CTYankee; .303 Brit; Agamemnon; AGBRUHN; always vigilant; Anarchist; Andonius_99; ...

This TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS will be held April 12, 2003, at 7PM, a nighttime gathering, with a flashlight vigil.

All Are invited.

This rally is sponsored by the Veteran's Council of Bristol, Connecticut, and with the support of the Mayor of Bristol, Ct.

Bring signs, flags, flashlights, and candles

2 posted on 04/02/2003 6:27:00 PM PST by RaceBannon

Awesome! We should be able to make this one. Have you pinged CT yet? If not, I will ASAP.

6 posted on 04/02/2003 9:22:08 PM PST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)

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7 posted on 04/02/2003 9:23:14 PM PST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)

Forwarding this info to my brother...he is the leading petty officer of the Sea Cadet unit in Plainville and many of the cadets live in the Bristol area. These middle- and high-school aged kids are deeply patriotic and most will end up in the military (usually Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard). Many of the Navy and Marine reservists who help train them are deployed right now. I'm not sure if they're allowed to wear their uniforms, but maybe we can get some of these wonderful youngsters there with their families!

9 posted on 04/03/2003 5:23:30 AM PST by Rubber_Duckie_27

To: RaceBannon; Bob J

i DONT THINK i PINGED YOU YET!

13 posted on 04/03/2003 2:52:25 PM PST by RaceBannon

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16 posted on 04/04/2003 1:47:55 PM PST by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)

To: RaceBannon; #1CTYankee; .303 Brit; 2nd amendment mama; Agamemnon; AGBRUHN; always vigilant; ...

Well, we had a fairly poor showing of FReepers at this rally last night, but fortunately the town of Bristol came out in force to give LOTS of support to our troops overseas last night!

FReepers in attendance: RaceBannon, nutmeg & zelig. Also, future FReepers (we hope): SkipJack and Linda and a few others who had attended some of the other recent rallies in CT.

The rally was held in the middle school on the lovely Memorial Boulevard in Bristol (a very nice part of Bristol I had never seen before!). I would need help from RaceBannon as to who was on the stage of officials and other details, but some that I remember from memory: The mayor of Bristol, several veterans from Bristol, several Bristol family members of military men serving in the war in Iraq and Miss Bristol.

Poems read by the mother of a serviceman and another by the wife of one of our troops - both in Iraq now - by far were the most poignant moments of the evening. I'm sure all family members of men and women currently serving in the war were very encouraged by the large showing of support by the people of Bristol last night!

A list of troops overseas from Bristol was read from the podium during the rally... We counted at least 61 men and women in our military just from the town of Bristol alone! Very impressive!

If I can find a Hartford Courant article about this rally, I will post it.

34 posted on 04/13/2003 9:09:37 AM PDT by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)

Race, thank you again for all of your efforts, and for inviting us to take part in last night's rally. :-)

nutmeg & zelig

35 posted on 04/13/2003 9:21:46 AM PDT by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)

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