Steering Committee:
IFCO/Pastors for Peace
Free Palestine Alliance - U.S.
Haiti Support Network
Partnership for Civil Justice - LDEF
Nicaragua Network
Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines
Korea Truth Commission
Muslim Student Association - National
Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Mexico Solidarity Network
Party for Socialism and Liberation
They call for the US to pull out of Iraq;
They say our presence in Iraq increases the insurgent activity, they say we are there for oil, Bush lied, 9-11 was an inside job. They line the streets with flag draped coffins
they clutter the skyline with yellow signs, fly our flag upside down
holler out that todays graduates are tomorrow's war criminals and call for the impeachment of our commander-in-chief during a time of war, all the while claiming THEY are the patriots.WE fly our flags with proper respect:
We stand in support of our military AND their mission...some stand silently, holding flags and honor, some stand and make noise, annoying the moonbats, either way, we are in their face and they don't like it.
TO BAD!
Welcome to the Gathering of Eagles.
I've been asked many times why I do this. I am not a veteran, I have never served my country. No, I am not a veteran. I spent the years that I could have been serving my country, raising my kids. What I AM is a patriot. When I read about the disrespect that is shown to those who gave all
http://www.nbc10.com/news/13403099/detail.html?dl=headlineclick
it makes me sick. I sit here at my computer and my son asks me why I'm crying. So I show him, and being 16 and invinceable, he is ready to go kick some commie ass. It's tough to explain to him why someone could be that disrespectful when I don't understand it myself.
When the call came to gather in DC on March 17th, I was going. My friends tried to dissuade me, asking what I thought I was going to do if someone tried anything. Well, I may not have been able to do much and would most likely have gotten hurt in the process, but I was furious when I read the threats. Even if I had been alone that day, I would have done what I could. I really had no idea what to expect, but I was ready (even made sure my mom had a copy of my living will...LOL which pleased her not at all.) But SHE understood, SHE got it. As did my father.
I remember when the moving Wall came to our little town in Vermont. I stood in line for an hour to get into the tent where it was being displayed. The moment I walked it, it was as if every name on that Wall were calling out to me, begging me for something. I don't know any of the names on the Wall, I have no relatives listed, but I cried as I walked the length of it and the impact of all those that sacrificed so much for us hit me.
So why do I do this? Why did I travel 32 hours in one week to stand side by side with other Eagles? It's simple. Because I have to. If our men and women overseas see just one small glimpse of what the Eagles are doing, perhaps it will lighten their load. If they can just know that a grateful nation stands behind them, that they won't have to endure all that the veterans from Vietnam endured, than my travels are worth it. So I do it for them, I do it for the men and women that I meet who sacrificed so much of themselves and were never thanked, I do it for every single name that is on that Wall. I do it for the man who lies beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, I do it for my father who never received a "welcome home" parade, I do it for my country, for my children and my future grandchildren.
I do it, because if I don't, who will?
