Peace Rally in Burlington, Iowa, March 19th
United for Peace and Justice
Saturday, March 19th 2005 2 P.M.
Burlington, IA USA
There
will be an opening prayer by a member of the clergy. He will then
announce that, all during this peace rally, the names, faces, age, and
home town of every American soldier who has already died for us in Iraq
will be projected on a large screen. One name and face every three
seconds. By then the total American military dead in Iraq will be over
1,500, so it will take one hour and fifteen minutes to show every one
of them. This will take place while our planned program on how and why
to end the Iraq war is presented. After the planned program ends, there
will be an open microphone for any to make brief comments comment. We
will also announce the date of our next monthly meeting and invite all
to attend.
Prior to the March 19th peace rally, a
petition to [George W.] Bush will be circulated. All signed petitions are
to be brought to the March 19th peace rally. A copy of this petition is
being emailed to every peace group listed on the United for Peace and
Justice website asking them to also circulate it and send the signed
petitions to [Geroge W.] Bush at the White House right after March 19,
2005. Here is what the petition says:
PETITION TO [George W.] BUSH.
We, the
undersigned, respectfully ask [George W.] Bush to publicly make the
following pledge. We believe there has already been far too much death
and destruction. It is time to bring this war to an end.
I,
George W. Bush, pledge to halt U.S. Military actions immediately and
move all U.S. troops to the borders of Iraq and bring them home as soon
as possible. We have no long-term interest in a military presence in
Iraq. All Iraqi businesses, including oil, will return to Iraqi
ownership. We promise to pay for war damages and will help in peaceful
ways to create an Iraq where freedom and justice prevail.
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In
addition to the petition which will help advertise this event from now
until March 19th, we will run a series of newspaper ads, one each day
for 30 days, the last two to be half page ads the day before and the
day of the March 19 peace rally. We will also run at least 50 thirty
second commercials, plus there will be numerous press release and news
stories and letters to the editor.
Location:
Burlington,
Iowa riverfront at the Port of Burlington Building right on the
Mississippi River 400 Front Street Burlington IA 52601
RSVP
Contact:
Dick Distelhorst
319-753-1148
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