Walking to New Orleans

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Walking to New Orleans
Veterans Arrive in Style
By Shannell Jefferson, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (March 19, 2006)

(APN) NEW ORLEANS – Over 100 veterans and other activists who marched 150 miles along Highway 90 over 5 days from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, Louisiana, arrived amidst cheering crowds today at Congo Square in New Orleans’s Armstrong Park for a huge rally. The rally lasted from 12pm to 5pm.

The Veterans Gulf March started in Alabama on March 14, 2006, and ended in New Orleans today. It was modeled after the famous civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery several decades ago. The arrival of the March in New Orleans was scheduled to coincide with the three year anniversary of the launch of the US Invasion of Iraq.

“Every bomb dropped on Iraq, explodes along the Gulf Coast,” the stage banner said.

“I signed up at age 17 to defend the US constitution,” for the military, “but this is the first time I feel that I’m protecting the constitution,”Geoff Millard, 25, US Army Sgt., said during his speech, in regards to his peace and justice activism.

Millard said he did not feel he was defending the US constitution while stationed in Iraq, and he thanked his “family”–meaning several of his fellow soldiers present–for being there for him.

this is the first time I feel that I’m protecting the constitution

It'll be sad when more and more of the military who served in Iraq realize what they've done to that document. Thanks for the post.