Subject: Bring Them Home Now Tour In Cincinnati Wed!
Just got this . We need to get it around to
everyone to show our numbers and support this
caravan.
Please pass along to any folks you think would be
interested.
BRING THEM HOME TOUR COMES TO CINCINNATI WEDNESDAY, SEPT 7
Bring Them Home Now Tour
> From Camp Casey, Crawford to Washington DC
On August 31st, the last day of the encampment, the Bring Them Home Now
Tour launched three buses from Crawford, Texas, each carrying military
and Gold Star families, veterans of the Iraq War and veterans of
previous wars. These buses are travelling different routes across the
country, converging in Washington, DC on September 21, for the United
for Peace and Justice Mobilization September 24th-26th.
IN CINCINNATI . . .SEPT 7
The tour will arrive around 3pm. A press conference is scheduled at 4pm
in the parking lot at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church. All are welcome
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 7
BRING THEM HOME NOW TOUR SPEAKS OUT! (and Answers Questions)
7PM
HALL of the Catholic Center at St. Monica St George (328 W. McMillan
behind Hughes High school and Deaconness Hospital)
DON¹T MISS THE CHANCE TO HEAR FROM . . .
* VINCE GEORGE, MFSO.
* LIETTA RUGER of Bay Center, Washington, whose son-in-law and nephew
serve in the 1st Armored Division of the U.S. Army and are currently in
Germany. They have both served extended 15-month tours of duty in Iraq;
they are both under stop-loss orders and due to re-deploy to Iraq this
fall.
* MONA PARSONS, MFSO, who is from Mt. Vernon, OH, and her son is
currently in Iraq.
* BILL MITCHELL of Atascadero, CA, whose son Sgt. Michael Mitchell was
killed in action in Sadr City, Iraq on April 4, 2004, along with Cindy
Sheehan's son Spc. Casey Sheehan. Bill is a co-founder of Gold Star
Families for Peace.
* KALISSA STANLEY of Killeen, TX, whose husband is in the Army and
currently stationed at Ft. Hood. He served one year-long tour of duty
in Iraq and is scheduled to be redeployed to Iraq next year.
*HART VIGES of Austin, TX, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and
was deployed to Iraq from February, 2003 to January, 2004. After
returning home, Hart applied for and was awarded Conscientious Objector
status.
* STEVE FRYBURG of Dayton, OH, may be joining the tour in Ohio as a
representative of Veterans for Peace and MFSO. His son was deployed to
Iraq and has returned.
(Please bear in mind these speakers are subject to change as the tour
progresses.)
THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE HELPING TO PREPARE DINNER FOR THE TOUR
PARTICIPANTS AND OFFERING TO GIVE THEM A SPACE TO SLEEP!! If anyone
else would like to offer housing FOR THE NIGHT or would like more info
about local events, please contact Kristen at 513-579-8547.
For more info about the Bring Them Home Now Tour read below or see
www.bringthemhomenowtour.org
BRING THEM HOME NOW TOUR
> From George Bush¹s 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!
The tour amplifies 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
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