Please join Oil Patch Democrats in honoring 2000 US military casualties

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A Memorial to Those Fallen in the Iraqi Conflict

This Saturday, October 29, 2005, at 6:00 p.m., will begin a weeklong observance of the 2,000th U.S. Military Casualty and a memorial to all nationalities killed or wounded in the ongoing Iraq conflict. The location of the observance is on the Heights Boulevard esplanade between 10th and 11th Streets, next to the World War II Memorial. At 6:00 p.m., following the placing of some 2,000 American flags and some 180 Texas flags (to honor fallen Texans), there will be an ecumenical ceremony and the planting of the 2,000th flag. Each evening of the memorial period, there will be a ceremony at 6 p.m., marked by the placing of additional flags, as necessary. The closing ceremony will be held the following Saturday, November 5th, at 6:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend the ceremonies and/or to visit the flags at any time during this coming week.

Schedule of events:
Oct. 29 Sat. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Oct. 30 Sun. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by North Houston Peace Group
Oct. 31 Mon. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by Progressive Populists Caucus
Nov. 1 Tues. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by Veterans for Peace
Nov. 2 Wed. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by the Progressive Action Alliance
Nov. 3 Thur. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by CodePink
Nov. 4 Fri. 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunset Memorial hosted by 1st Unitarian Church
Nov. 5 Sat. 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Closing Ceremony

Lead Sponsor:
Oil Patch Democrats
This organization promotes a rational energy policy based on
American ingenuity and hard work -- not the threat of preemptive war.
For more information phone [phone] or go to:
www.oilpatchdemocrats.com

Cosponsoring organizations are:
CodePink
Democracy For Houston
1st Unitarian Universalists
Greater Heights Democrats
Harris County Young Democrats
Harris County Green Party
Kingwood Democrats
KPFT
Military Families Speak Out
North Houston Peace Group
Progressive Action Alliance (PAA)
Progressive Populist Caucus
ROADwomen (River Oaks Area Democrat Women)
San Jacinto Democratic Veterans Brigade
Veterans for Peace