Flags For Peace
VETERANS FOR PEACE, Inc.
Indiana Chapter 49
Veterans For Peace, Inc.
World Community Center
438 North Skinker Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130
Phone (314) 725-6005
Fax (314) 725-7103
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Michael McPhearson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Cline, President
Sharon Kufeldt, Vice President
Elliot Adams, Secretary
Ken Mayers, Treasurer
Frank Ackles
Ellen Barfield
Dana Briggs
William Collins
Al Dale
Frank Houde
John Kim
Barry Riesch
Barry Riesch
Wayne Wittman
NATIONAL SERVICE ACTIONS:
School Of The Americas Watch
Chiapas, Mexico Delegation
Colombia Support Network
El Salvador Disabled Veterans
Veterans Peace Convoy and
Nicaragua Election Monitors
Cuba Friendship Trips
Iraq Water Project
Friendship Village Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Restoration Project
Gulf War Resources Center
Korea Truth Commission
Afghan Relief
Veterans Support Vieques
Campaign to Ban Landmines
Stonewalk USA
My Lai Peace Clinic, Vietnam
National Coalition for Peace & Justice
9-11 Emergency National Network
World Veterans Federation
United Nations NGO status
INDIANA CHAPTER OFFICE
Veterans For Peace
Indiana Chapter #49
Phone (317) 698-2450
CHAPTER PRESIDENT:
Charlie Wiles
For Immediate Release June 3, 2006
2500 American Deaths in Iraq are Near:
We say, “Not one more.” Call for Peace Now.
Press Contacts:
Members of Veterans for Peace, Chapter 49, Hoosiers for Peace and the Indianapolis Peace and Justice Center are asking Indiana citizens to assemble on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis on the day that the 2500th American is reported killed to mark this tragic occurrence. The target date at the current rate of KIAs is on or about Wednesday, June 14th, eleven (11) days from today.
This action is to honor the soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq and their families, and to give our fellow Indiana citizens a visual representation of what 2500 looks like. We are against war because it kills our family members, wreaks havoc on our national treasury, makes the world a more dangerous place, and psychically damages our humanity.
Hundreds of Hoosiers have been invited to participate in this event that will combine an installation of 2500 flags to honor the dead and a memorial ceremony to call for an end to war. If the number is reached on a weekday (Mon.- Fri.) the group will gather at 6 P.M and if the number is reached on a weekend the group will gather at 4 P.M. at Veterans Memorial Plaza in downtown Indianapolis. (The Plaza is bounded by Michigan to the south, Meridian to the west, North Street to the north, and Pennsylvania to the west.) At that time, the assembled will a field of flags on Veterans Memorial Plaza. The group will reserve 64 flags to represent the Hoosiers that have been lost in Iraq and they will plant those 64 flags around the base of the obelisk. There will be a period of brief remarks and a memorial ceremony in closing.
For more information contact Harold Donle at (317)698-2450.
