several hundred people, most of whom have relatives that were lost in the iraqi war, are marching from dover air force base in delaware to washington dc to protest the conflict.
newszap tells us:
as the one-year anniversary of operation iraqi freedom approaches, anti-war activists plan to commemorate the event sunday with a funeral procession beginning in camden and ending in the nation's capital.
"this is absolutely a show of support for the troops," said event organizer gordon clark of washington, d.c.
"supporting the troops does not mean to put them into harm's way on a pretense."
dubbed the dover to dc memorial procession, members of about 17 anti-war organizations will gather in camden at noon.
after a prayer service, the procession will move to its official starting point at the main gate of dover air force base. at 2:30 p.m. it will begin a two-day journey to washington.
the toronto star reports that the protesters plan to assemble in dc on monday:
tomorrow, many others will gather here in front of the walter reed army hospital, where the war's most seriously wounded recuperate, then will march to the white house. they are coming from california, new jersey, alabama, illinois, ohio, arkansas and places in between, all paying their own way because they feel they must raise their voices to save others the anguish they feel.
kusa-tv in denver informs why the procession is starting at dover afb:
the base is the site of the nation's biggest military mortuary -- where bodies of u.s. soldiers are brought from iraq. military veterans and families of soldiers killed in iraq are among the demonstrators...
demonstrators criticized the military policy of banning news coverage of the return of flag-draped coffins carrying u.s. soldiers.
funny, we didn't see anything on tv about this...
cross-posted on the american street and our own funereal blog.