[CIMC-work] MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ

[ChrisGeovanis at aol.com]

Wish I'd known about this. Would have brought my digital camera to work.

chris geovanis

In a message dated 1/21/04 5:38:24 AM Central Standard Time, 
DickReilly at aol.com writes:


> Subj:[CIMC-work] MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ 
> Date:1/21/04 5:38:24 AM Central Standard Time
> From:DickReilly at aol.com
> To:imc-chicago-working at lists.indymedia.org
> Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
> Hey all. Just got this from AFSC. Sounds like an amazing photo op. and a 
> powerful statement. Anybody available to shoot digital for this on Wednesday?
> -Dick 
> 
> MEMORIAL FOR 500+ SOLDIERS KILLED IN IRAQ
> 
> Wednesday, January 21st from 11 AM - 2 PM
> 
> Over 500 pairs of army boots will stand empty on Federal Plaza (Jackson &
> Dearborn) on Wednesday, January 21, to memorialize the deaths of the 500
> soldiers who have died in Iraq since the March 20th invasion.  A press
> conference at 12 PM will feature Rosemarie Slavenas, mother of First Lt.
> Brian Slavenas killed in Iraq on November 2; Paul Vogel, father of Army
> reservist Aaron Vogel currently serving in Iraq; Barry Romo, National
> Coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; and Michael McConnell,
> Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee.
> 
> In addition to the 500 army boots laid out in regiment formation, a 30-foot
> long memorial wall will display the names, ages and states of those U.S.
> service members killed in Iraq.  The memorial will be displayed from 11 AM -
> 2 PM and is open to the public.  This event is sponsored by the American 
> Friends Service Committee.
> 
> VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS!
> 
> If you are available to help anytime between 10 AM and 3 PM with set-up, 
> literature distribution, or packing up, please contact Monica at 312.427.2533 
> X38 or mbicking at afsc.org.  In your email, please include a phone number and the 
> time that you are available to volunteer.  You can also
> volunteer on the spot -- just come to Federal Plaza between 10 AM and 3 PM
> and we'll get you involved!
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