Arlington South Beach March 14-19 Iraq War 6 Yr. Anniversary + Memorial to the Fallen
by Dave Patlak Friday, Mar. 13, 2009 at 7:53 PM
dpatlak@yahoo.com

Democracy for America Miami and the Miami Chapter of Veterans For Peace will be displaying the Arlington Miami Memorial on South Beach Ocean Drive to commemorate the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War with thousands of white Arlington Cemetery gravestone replicas with the name, rank, and age of the dead American soldiers.

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The National Veterans For Peace Executive Director Michael McPhearson, in discussing the current horrendous suicide rates in the military pointed out that this was due to "the culmination of years of continuous deployments and general stress the Armed Services have been put under because of an invasion and subsequent occupation that should have never happened."

"4,252 American soldiers have needlessly died and hundreds of thousands have been inflicted with physical, or mental traumas," said Sam Feldman, the Miami Veterans For Peace President. “The Arlington Miami Memorial’s purpose is to remind the public that we are still a country at war. It hasn’t ended yet.”

What: 6th Anniversary of the War in Iraq and Memorial for the Fallen Soldiers

Who: Democracy for America Miami Dade and Veterans For Peace Miami

Where: Lummus Park, 9th Street and Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

When: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 8:00am to 2:00pm – Setup
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:00pm – Memorial Service

Contact: Dave Patlak: 305-519-4412 or Sam Feldman: 305-632-0035

Visit “Democracy for America Miami” at http://www.dfamiami.com/
Visit “Veterans For Peace” at http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

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