Saturday September 24th in Omaha, NE!!!!!

[Rainbowreflect]

WAR: AT WHAT COST?

A Citizens Rally

Saturday Sept 24th

2:00 pm

Memorial Park

56th & Underwood Omaha

at the memorial

Speakers include:

Becky Henderson, Gold Star Mother from Lincoln

whose son Marine Corporal Matt Henderson died in Iraq in May of 2004 at the age of 25 while hunting for improvised explosive devices.

Although people cautioned Henderson not to speak out against the war because of possibly dishonoring her son, she has boldly stated, “The real dishonor would be to be silent and let a policy continue that is morally and ethically wrong.”

Speakers will address the cost of war in loss of life as well as financial costs

[nevergiveup]

1. Way to go Nebraska!!!!

the screw is turning

[Omaha Steve]

2. I passed this along to

All my friends and at this link: http://www.omahaimc.org/newswire/display/1182/index.php

[Rainbowreflect]

3. Are you planning on being there?

[Omaha Steve]

4. I was in Kearney all weekend

I was at the AFL-CIO convention. Sounds like everybody there had a good time though.

[Omaha Steve]

5. OOPS

Here is the article.

Published Sunday
September 25, 2005

Rallies call for U.S. to leave Iraq

BY KEVIN COLE


WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

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Raised to believe in her country right or wrong, 86-year-old Peg Gallagher of Omaha said she realized long ago that the United States sometimes needs a little help from its citizens "to get it right."

Gallagher was among about 150 people who turned out Saturday at Memorial Park to protest the war in Iraq. Large protests also were held Saturday in Washington, D.C., and London, and smaller crowds gathered in cities on the West Coast.

The Omaha rally featured a talk by Becky Henderson, a Gold Star Mother from Lincoln.

"I started working against war back when I had a son in Vietnam," Gallagher said. "I really love my country, and I think of it as my family. If someone in your family is doing something that's wrong, you try to help them. I'm trying to help my country."

Henderson echoed that sentiment in her remarks.

She said many people have asked whether she thinks she is dishonoring her son, Matt, a Marine corporal killed last year in Iraq. "I think it's dishonorable not to speak out," she said. "I hope I can (persuade) others to speak about it."

Henderson said the politicians who took the United States into Iraq are the people who don't have loved ones in harm's way.

"I would like to see them encouraging their sons and daughters to go down and sign up," she said to cheers and applause.

The public's declining support for the war is evident, Henderson said. A CNN/USA Today poll last week said 32 percent of those interviewed supported President Bush's handling of the war; 63 percent supported a full or partial withdrawal from Iraq.

Henderson also expressed her admiration for Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who gained national attention for camping near the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in the war, helped organize the anti-war rally Saturday in Washington.

"I thank Cindy Sheehan for her courage," Henderson said. "Maybe nobody wants to listen to me, a little woman from Lincoln; but, thanks to Cindy, I have the courage to speak."

Sheehan won a roar of approval when she took the stage in Washington, where crowds surged past the White House, shouting "Peace now."

That rally stretched into the night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall.

This report includes material from the Associated Press.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1636&u_sid=2024362