Midwest Peace Marchers Arrive in Baltimore Maryland - TODAY!

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Rally: Labor Day, 6:00 PM
2640 St. Paul Street, Baltimore
Potluck and Jam Session
They will be walking along old rte. 40
Plan on joining them in the streets.
Mucisians, Food and People needed.

Midwest Peace Marchers Arrive in Baltimore Maryland
Three Young Protesters on 1,700 mile trek to "Impeach the President and End the War" Arrive in Baltimore on Monday, September 3

Three marchers who have walked as far as 1,700 miles in their journey to Washington, D.C., to demand peace and impeachment, will arrive in Baltimore on Monday, September 3rd. Mario Penlaver, Gordy Heuer and Elliot Nesch arrived in Hagerstown this past week, and are now walking along Route 144 on schedule to arrive in Baltimore on Monday. They will then march south on Route 1, with plans to spend time in Laurel, College Park and in Washington, DC on the Howard University Campus before joining other protesters on Capitol Hill on September 11. They will be speaking at a public event at St. John's of Baltimore City Methodist Church on Monday night. A pot luck supper will begin at 6:00 P.M. The church is at 2640 St. Paul St ., Baltimore, MD. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Mario Penalver, a University of Chicago student, is tired of waiting for the politicians to act to end the war. With a deep belief in the American people, he started his march in Chicago in April. Encountering some opposition in 'red' states, he says he spoke to them as one midwesterner to another. "Our leaders tell us that they are waiting for a convenient time to deal with our nation's injustice," says Penalver. "In reality that is the very reason why we are not dealing with that injustice at all. We are held hostage by waiting. Until we realize that injustice is a never-ending shackle of 'tomorrows,' this war in Iraq and the military complex that supports it will always be with us."

Gordy Heuer of Pittsboro, North Carolina, heard of the march from his father, John Heuer. Watching his town become devastated by a lack of social services and abundant unemployment, Gordy decided he needed to take a stand against the cost of the war at home. Gordy stated, "We are building bombs and war machines instead of taking care of our own people."

Elliott Nesch, founder of Beit Shalom Ministries, has walked the furthest, starting in Denver, CO, on March 1st, 2007. "As a man of faith, I set out on this 1,700 mile journey to talk with other Christians." Not understanding how Christians can support war, he is hoping to convince other ministers to start teaching the words of Jesus and not condone the Bush administrations words of war.
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