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Washington, DC, Dec. 22, 2006-- It comes but once a year. Christmas is a time for joy! In spite of the steady downpour, the DC Chapter turned out to stand with Santa Claus at Walter Reed, grateful that it wasn't the paralyzing snow storm that was grounding holiday travelers and mail in Denver. We've been out here every Friday evening for the past 88 weeks to wave to the troops, their family members and staff who come and go from the hospital on Friday evening. This week, those who came and went were those who had to stay at the...

Cindy Sheehan and the anti-American left are descending on our nation's capital this week to mourn the judicial hanging of Saddam Hussein, celebrate the 3000th American death in Iraq and urge the Democrat-controlled Congress to betray our troops in Iraq and impeach President Bush.Their first event is a celebration of the 3000th American killed in Iraq to be held at the Virginia side of Memorial Bridge near the entrance to Arlington Cemetery. This will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.The D.C. Chapter will be there to counter starting at 4:30 p.m. Please bring American flags and...

By my count, we had 21 FReepers and lurkers man the lines today defending the honor of Arlington National Cemetery. Many passersby gave us the "thumbs up" and several folks thanked us for being out giving our opinion of this blood dance. Honor Roll for today's FReep: Kristinn, tgslTakoma, hoodlum91, 3D-JOY, Sauropod, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, 3 lurkers, DonSimmons, LiveFreeorDie, BufordP, RaceBannon, Doctor Raoul, Cobol2Java, LandryFan, and BillF. When you arrive at the Arlington National Cemetary Visitor Center, this is the sign you see: I'm going to show you some pictures of what went on today and you can decide if...