One-Year Anniversary of the Invasion & Occupation
of Iraq
March20, 2004
Photos by Vivian Stockman
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Wall of Remembrance in Charleston; Candlelight Vigil In Huntington
OVEC volunteers, board members and staff joined with peace groups in Charleston
and Huntington to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion and
occupation of Iraq. Both events sought to remember the over 570 American
soldiers killed since the invasion began. Also on many minds
were the over
10,000 Iraqi civilians killed since the U.S. invaded, the
lies of the Bush administration which led to Congress' allowing the war,
the
cost of the war, the staggering
national debt, Bush's
war on the environment and the general,
debilitating malaise the country is experiencing under Bush's
mis-leadership. In Charleston, outside the Town Center Mall,
the WV Patriots
for Peace displayed soldiers' name and hometowns on the tragically
ever-growing "Wall of Remembrance." Some
students from Riverside High and WVU Tech performed a skit illustrating
how war destroys culture, freedom, opportunity, the truth and so much
more that is valuable and good about humanity. In Huntington,
to remember the dead and call for an end to the war, students from
Marshall Action for Peaceful Solutions and White Rose, as well as
community members, lit 570 candles and read the names of the dead in a
moving vigil.
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One year since the invasion began: In Charleston, WV Patriots for Peace displays
the Wall of Remembrance, with over 570 names of dead American soldiers.
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The Wall.
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The Wall. |
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Students drew chalk outlines of bodies on
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