Protesters head to D.C. for peace rally -Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.
Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.: "lutching pillows and handmade signs with slogans like 'War is immoral! Impeach Bush and save us all!' about 80 Gainesville residents waited in line Friday evening to board two American Coach buses bound for Washington, D.C., and President George W. Bush's back yard.
The small caravan is Gainesville's contribution to the ANSWER, or Act Now to Stop War & End Racism, Coalition's March on Washington. Other anti-war groups are also involved. About 100,000 protesters from across the nation are expected to convene along Pennsylvania Avenue today at 11:30 a.m. to protest the war in Iraq and Bush administration policies. A local rally is scheduled to take place today at the street corners of NW 13th Street, between University Avenue and 39th Avenue from noon to 2 p.m.
University of Florida Assistant professor of chemistry Valeria Kleiman said she decided to join the Washington, D.C., rally because she's fed up.
'I think it will show people that there are a lot of other people who are tired with this situation and want the war to stop - that's not the way to do things,' Kleiman said as she stood in line within the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church's NW 34th Street parking lot.
Miriam Welly Elliott, a social worker for St. Francis House, echoed those sentiments."
The small caravan is Gainesville's contribution to the ANSWER, or Act Now to Stop War & End Racism, Coalition's March on Washington. Other anti-war groups are also involved. About 100,000 protesters from across the nation are expected to convene along Pennsylvania Avenue today at 11:30 a.m. to protest the war in Iraq and Bush administration policies. A local rally is scheduled to take place today at the street corners of NW 13th Street, between University Avenue and 39th Avenue from noon to 2 p.m.
University of Florida Assistant professor of chemistry Valeria Kleiman said she decided to join the Washington, D.C., rally because she's fed up.
'I think it will show people that there are a lot of other people who are tired with this situation and want the war to stop - that's not the way to do things,' Kleiman said as she stood in line within the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church's NW 34th Street parking lot.
Miriam Welly Elliott, a social worker for St. Francis House, echoed those sentiments."
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