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GottaLuvAkitas1 and I arrived at the FReep location (the VA Army National Guard Recruiting Center in downtown Richmond)at the same time as one of the VCU College Republicans. We quickly realized that the office was vacant! They had moved and there were 2 small For Rent signs in the front window. Justanobody drove up and there were now four of us. After a phone call we found out the actual location but meanwhile the Veterans For Peas had arrived. We attempted to cover the For Rent signs with our bodies while one of the men unrolled a long plastic banner...

All of us arrived at Crim Dell Meadow and the caravan of aging hippie throwbacks had already setup shop. According to Flora McDonald she had spoken to William and Mary previously about our counter protest. She was reassured we would be seen by both students and anti-war protesters. We were shocked to learn that the school had gone back on its word and sent us a football field or so away from the antiwar protest. Worse than that, the area had little foot traffic and shade (something the cindy sheehan’s group did have). So I walked over to the college...