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Troop rally draws thousands to park By DARYL FARNSWORTH BEE STAFF WRITER Published: April 11, 2003, 09:23:53 AM PDT More than 2,000 people gathered for a spirited rally at Graceada Park on Thursday night in support of the troops fighting in Iraq. One honored guest at the event was Lance Cpl. Bret Westerink, 22, of Escalon. He was wounded March 22 when a Humvee he and three other Marines were riding in near Nasiriyah was hit by an Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade. The Humvee's driver was killed and the other two passengers were seriously injured. Westerink was introduced to a standing...

Only Jennings Ignores Pro-Troops Rally in New York City No anti-war protest has been too small to earn coverage from ABC's Peter Jennings who in recent months has highlighted anti-war events involving just a few hundred people, a “virtual” protest and even one guy who jumped off a bridge, but on Thursday night, while CBS and NBC noted a pro-troops rally featuring 15,000 in New York City, Jennings could not manage to mention it on World News Tonight. CNN, FNC and MSNBC all covered some of the April 10 event live in the noon hour and later included it in...

Rally has muscle: Pro-troop demonstration next to Ground Zero yesterday is a call to arms for Rocky Fiore of Brooklyn, who shows tattoo of Old Glory. Hardhats by the thousands rallied 'round the flag yesterday across from Ground Zero - the spot, Gov. Pataki said, where "the war started." The rally, organized by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, turned several blocks along West St. into a sea of red, white and blue hardhats and American flags, with signs hailing the U.S. soldiers in Iraq. "Where are all those anti-war protesters now?" asked Terry Sullivan, 44,...

Thousands of union workers bearing American flags and homemade signs packed a rally at ground zero today to show their support for U.S. military efforts in Iraq. The rally stretched for several blocks north from the World Trade Center site. Carpenters, electricians and firefighters chanted "USA! USA!" as labor leaders and politicians addressed the crowd. Police and organizers estimated the crowd at more than 15,000 people.

NEW YORK - Thousands of construction workers and firefighters packed a noontime rally at ground zero Thursday in support of the war in Iraq (news - web sites) which, to many of them, began right there on Sept. 11, 2001. The rally stretched for several blocks north from the World Trade Center site. Carpenters, electricians and firefighters carried American flags and homemade signs and chanted "USA! USA!" Police and organizers estimated the crowd at more than 15,000. The rally was sponsored by the Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York. Many speakers and participants described the war as...

The beautiful hardhats, of generations of man who built this country standing shoulder to shoulder, in pride, at today's Support Our Troops Rally. The rise of voices that were all one on 9/11 Stood tall, as The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Not just unions,,,,, all walks of life were there. Not one arrest was made and cops and fireman were ever applauded so loudly. Family memebers of our armed forces made us feel proud to be Americans, and the freedom that we have in this country. All freedom does carry a heavy price, and our troops are the ones...

<p>NEW YORK — Thousands of union workers bearing American flags and homemade signs packed a rally at ground zero Thursday to show their support for U.S. military efforts in Iraq.</p> <p>The rally stretched for several blocks north from the World Trade Center site. Carpenters, electricians and firefighters chanted "USA! USA!" as labor leaders and politicians addressed the crowd.</p>

Crowd Rallies In Support Of Troops At WTC Site APRIL 10TH, 2003 As a new poll indicates growing support for the war in New York City, thousands of people are converging on the World Trade Center site Thursday to rally in support of American troops fighting in Iraq. The organizer, an umbrella group of construction unions, expected 50,000 people – including members of September 11 victims’ families, veterans, police officers and firefighters – to attend, which would make it the largest such demonstration in the city since the war began. “We’re not going to forget them. A lot of people...