Local Paper Write-up For The Albany And Saratoga Vigils.

[DistressedAmerican]

I did a phone interview with the local paper when I got home that we set up out there.

Here is the article. Just reading it myself. Looks great so far. Should be some quotes from me on the trip and the movement.

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=390024&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=8/18/2005

-SNIP-

Marchers connect with mom's vigil

Protesters around region gather to support Cindy Sheehan, whose son died serving in Iraq

By DANIELLE T. FURFARO, Staff writer
First published: Thursday, August 18, 2005

ALBANY -- The blocks-long procession of protesters walked slowly and silently down Madison Avenue on Wednesday night, heads bowed and hands shielding the flames of small white candles, remaining quiet even when an occasional heckler shouted angrily.
The more than 400 people who gathered at Washington Park and then marched to the Empire State Plaza were among hundreds of thousands who gathered around the country Wednesday evening to show their support for Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who has been holding her own vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch. Sheehan, who says U.S. troops should be pulled out of Iraq, wants Bush to explain why her son, Casey, had to die.

"We get up every morning, listen to the news and hear how many were killed the day before and we worry like crazy," said Michael Gecewicz of Albany. His son Justin, a Marine, has already seen combat in Afghanistan and is scheduled to be deployed to Iraq.

"This is terror for the military families," Gecewicz said.

Those who attended the Albany event, organized by MoveOn.org and various anti-war groups, came from all walks of life. There were ex-military men who had served in Vietnam, mothers whose children are serving in Iraq, and citizens who said they have simply had enough of the "lies and deception" of the Bush administration.

-MORE AT LINK-

[NewJeffCT]

1. the link didn't work for me

good job, though.

[DistressedAmerican]

3. Sorry. Fixed!

[DistressedAmerican]

2. Yep, There I Am. Read To The Bottom...

Go Rosa!