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From Staten Island, NY:
We held two events, one on Sunday,
December 31st, we had 60 people in attendance in front of Congressmen
Vito Fossella’s Office. We were on both sides of the streets, with 2 or
3 of us in the intersection holding signs 3,000 dead with the faces of
the fallen. We had many visual pictures of combat boots (printed from
AFSC) lining the sidewalk, 3,000 DEAD in huge poster boards, chanting
no more war, troops home now, NO MORE DEPLOYMENTS. The response from
the community which is usually conservative was so positive and
supportive, with passerby’s honking their horns in solidarity, giving
us the thumbs up.
On Monday, 1/1/07, we held another vigil
which was a solemn candlelight memorial, reading the names of the Dead,
we were a smaller group of about 15 at the same location.
Both
events were covered by Channel 2 news, Channel 4, Channel 9 and NY 1.
It aired Monday and Tuesday. We also were covered by the Associated
Press, so keep a look out for the story. The Staten Island Advance also covered the story.
(Photos by Thomas Good)