Peace Rally in Burlington, Iowa, March 19thUnited 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
United for Peace and Justice
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Contact:
Dick Distelhorst
319-753-1148
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