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Gold Star Families' "Bring Them Home Now" Tour Itiniary
The Bring Them Home Now Tour is sponsored by Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace. For further information on the tour including a schedule of cities and dates, go to:
http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org Participants in the tour will need lodging and logistical support along the way. Contact the organizers to determine how you can help. If the tour is passing through your vicinity, please post a "pointer" in your state's forum.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=52255 From Crawford, Texas, to Washington, D.C.: Three-Bus Tour Leaves Camp Casey Aug. 31; Gold Star and Military Families, Iraq War and other Vets Travel Country, Converge at Anti-War Rally in D.C. Sept. 24
8/30/2005 9:53:00 AM
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To: National and Assignment desks, Daybook Editor, Political Reporter
Contact: Ryan Fletcher, 202-641-0277, Nancy Lessin, 617-320-5301 or Katya Kruglak, 703-304-5075, all for Bring Them Home Now Tour and Gold Star Families; Web:
http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org News Advisory:
DETAILS:
On Aug. 31, the last day of the nearly month long vigil outside of President Bush's Ranch, the Bring Them Home Now Tour will launch three buses from Crawford, TX each carrying military and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of previous wars. These vehicles will travel different routes across the country, converging in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, to join the mass mobilization against the Iraq War that will occur Sept. 24-26.
WHO:
Cindy Sheehan, Military Families, Gold Star Families, Iraq War and other Veterans
WHAT:
Launch of Bring Them Home Now tour to carry message and spirit of Camp Casey from Crawford, Texas, to cities and towns across the country
WHERE:
Camp Casey I on Prairie Chapel Road, Crawford, Texas
WHEN:
Aug. 31, 10:30 a.m. press conference; 11:30 a.m. departure of vehicles
The three bus tour, covering forty-two cities in 26-states will launch from the first Camp Casey site, outside George Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, following a press conference on Wednesday, Aug. 31. The press conference will feature families and veterans who will be traveling the three different routes. After launching the tour, Cindy Sheehan will ride on the bus heading to Austin and Houston and will speak at events in those cities.
After departing from Crawford, one vehicle will head north through Oklahoma City to stops in Wichita, Kansas City, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toledo, Detroit, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Amherst, Boston, New Haven and New York City. The southern route will stop in Austin, Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Tallahassee, Montgomery, Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia, Fayetteville, Raleigh-Durham, and Richmond, while the central tour will visit Dallas, Little Rock, Memphis, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Baltimore.
All will arrive in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21.
The Bring Them Home Now Tour is sponsored by Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace. For further information on the tour including a schedule of cities and dates, go to:
http://www.bringthemhomenowtour.org http://www.usnewswire.com /
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Bring Them Home Now Tour
From Camp Casey, Crawford to Washington DC
From George Bush’s door step to Communities along the way, We Demand That:
Elected Representatives Decide Now to Bring the Troops Home
We Take Care of Them When They Get Here
We Never Again Send Our Loved Ones to War Based on Lies!
We are currently at a significant turning point in how the American public views the war in Iraq. As the death toll in Iraq rises, Cindy Sheehan’s vigil near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, has captured the hearts and minds of thousands of Americans. Bush’s approval rating is falling. The voice of military families, who have lost loved ones and those with loved ones in harm’s way or about to deploy, can activate the American people. The voice of veterans, both of this war and of previous wars will also build the movement to end the war. Together these critical voices can demand that President Bush make the decision now to bring the troops home.
On August 31st, the last day of the encampment, the Bring Them Home Now Tour will launch three buses from Crawford, Texas, each carrying military and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of previous wars. These buses will travel different routes across the country, converging in Washington, DC on September 21, for the United for Peace and Justice Mobilization September 24th-26th.
The tour will amplify the voice of Gold Star families, who show the devastating human cost of this war; the voice of military families, for whom each and every day that this war continues brings the potential for the most devastating of consequences; and the voice of veterans, who can share the ground truth about war and the impact on those who were sent off to fight it.
Over the course of the tour, members of the sponsoring organizations will reach out to military families, veterans, and concerned citizens in cities and towns in the heartland, the north, and the south. The Tour will spread the truth about the war in Iraq, mobilize people to Washington DC for September 24-26th and ask Congressional decision-makers the hard questions Cindy has asked President Bush and to learn what our elected representatives are doing to bring this war to an end.
The Bring Them Home Now Tour is sponsored by Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace
Email and contact information for the Bring Them Home Now Tour
General Information: info@bringthemhomenowtour.org
Events: events@bringthemhomenowtour.org
Housing: housing@bringthemhomenowtour.org
Congressional Meetings: delegations@bringthemhomenow.org
Media: media@bringthemhomenowtour.org
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