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Saturday on the Mall...
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May. 20th, 2006 | 07:08 pm
Today the Women of CODEPINK Mothers Day Month dressed in somber black and carried pictures of the faces of war --- Iraqi parents with severly injured children and children grieving over a deceased sibling--- they carried large graphics through the tourist filled mall, museum areas, and nearby streets at a slow somber pace to the beat of a drum.
Silent vigil was made on the Capitol Steps. At street corners the wailing of a member punctuated the air with the pain and grief of mothers who have lost their children in this war.
Passersbys took pictures, talked and thanked the women, gave donations out of the blue, and Vietnam Vets gave thumbs up, a quiet and welll spoken wounded Iraqi War Veteran just released from Walter Reed seemed quite glad to be given the contact information about Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Silent vigil was made on the Capitol Steps. At street corners the wailing of a member punctuated the air with the pain and grief of mothers who have lost their children in this war.
Passersbys took pictures, talked and thanked the women, gave donations out of the blue, and Vietnam Vets gave thumbs up, a quiet and welll spoken wounded Iraqi War Veteran just released from Walter Reed seemed quite glad to be given the contact information about Iraq Veterans Against the War.