Fourth Anniversary of the War in Iraq - Events Today ....

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Andover, Massachusetts
RSVP • Four Years too Much vigil
Monday, March 19th 2007 7PM
Candlelight vigil to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq;
to mourn all unnecessarily lost and destroyed lives both in the US and in Iraq;
to remember the thousands of US troops still in harms way and to call on Congress
to bring them home now. Sponsored by the Merrimack Valley People for Peace.
Everyone is welcome to join. Please bring candles, appropriate signs, prayers,
music and poems if you wish, and most of all determination to work for peace.
The site is wheelchair accessible.


Beverly, Massachusetts
RSVP • Protest troop increase in Iraq
Sunday, March 18th 2007 12:00
Support congressional efforts to limit war funding for Iraq.
Let congress know that we believe they are moving in the right direction
and that we will support their efforts to bring combat troops home.
Please bring signs and flags and songs and chants.


Boston, Massachusetts
RSVP • New England Regional Protest
Saturday, March 24th 2007 11:00
Boston Common 11am to 5 pm
Anti-war Rally, March, Concert and Peace & Justice Fair


brimfield, Massachusetts
RSVP • brimfield peace vigil
7pm
Monthly Event
1st and 3rd thursday of each month
1st and 3rd thursday of each month
vigil on the brimfield common


Brookline, Massachusetts
RSVP • Iraq War anniversary vigil
Monday, March 19th 2007 6pm
We'll gather at the CVS corner and expand to the other 3 if we have enough people
(and perhaps to the center island as well).
The site is accessible to people with disabilities. Please bring candles.


Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard-Cambridge Walk for Peace
12:00 p.m.
Weekly Event
Every Wednesday.
Every week, meeting at the John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard, members of the university
community,
along with residents of Cambridge, respond to the trauma that the American government
is causing through acts of violence in Iraq carried out disingenously in the name of freedom
and justice.
We bear witness for peace, raising our collective hopes and inspiring us to actions
that will lead us forward to a more humane U.S. foreign policy.

We gather at noon on Wednesdays to speak to each other of the week's events or our own reflections,
and then we slowly and in silence walk the perimeter of the Yard,
each of us holding a sign with the name of someone who has died in the conflict.


Fall River, Massachusetts
RSVP • Four Years of War -- Far Too Many: A VIGIL
Monday, March 19th 2007 4 PM
A visibility to Commemorate the fourth year from the start of the Iraq War


Falmouth, Massachusetts
RSVP • Time of Remembrance
Monday, March 19th 2007 5:00 pm
A community vigil to remember all of the people who have suffered
because the continuing conflict in Iraq.
We will pause for a time of silence.
All people will be welcomed and appreciated....


Fitchburg, Massachusetts
RSVP • 4 YEARS TOO MANY!
Sunday, March 18th 2007 12:30 PM
DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT!
Please join us to act in civil opposition to war and injustice.
We will have a table available for public participation in the Friends for Peace Campaign.


Gloucester, Massachusetts
RSVP • Gloucester Stand for Peace, Rotary at Exit 11 off Rt 128N
12 noon
Weekly Event
Every Saturday at Grant Circle, Gloucester, MA (Rt. 128N to Exit 11) 12 noon to 1:00 P.M.
Weekly vigil


Greenfield, Massachusetts
RSVP • A Hundred Ways to Stop War Rally
Saturday, March 17th 2007 11am
On Saturday, March 17, from 11 am to Noon, the Greenfield Weekly Peace Vigil
will sponsor a "Hundred Ways to Stop War" rally on the Greenfield Town Common
to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
The event is being held in solidarity with the March on Washington that day,
and will call on Congress to cut funding for the war, immediately withdraw US
troops from Iraq, and refuse to authorize a war with Iran.
It will conclude with a speak-out for people to discuss actions they plan to
take to help stop war; and to share information about peace and justice activities
currently underway, and about the town permits needed for demonstrations in Greenfield.

Hyannis, Massachusetts
RSVP •
Bear Witness for Peace on the beginning of the 5th year of US occupation of Iraq
Monday, March 19th 2007 3:00 PM
Gather at the town green on Main Street in Hyannis at 3:00.
Speak out and then march at 3:20 down Main Street to the sidewalk in front
of Rep. Delahunt's office at 146 East Main Street.
We gather here as our connection to Washington, D.C.
(Rep. Delahunt has signed on to Rep. McGovern's bill and made a public statement
to vote against the supplemental appropriations.)
Reading of American and Iraqi names of those who have died. Bring signs/drums.


Marblehead, Massachusetts
RSVP • Weekly Peace Vigil
6:30 pm
Weekly Event
Every Wednesday Evening
Join Friends and Neighbors that believe that peace is possible;
that human beings are capable of living in peace with one another.


Nantucket, Massachusetts
RSVP • Nantucket Peace March
Saturday, March 17th 2007 11 am
Peace march from the Civil War Memorial at the top of Main Street
to the Post Office on Federal Street.
Gather at 10:45; join us along the way; greet us at the Post Office.
Bring signs.


Newton, Massachusetts
RSVP • Iraq War 4th Anniversary Vigil
Monday, March 19th 2007 5pm
We'll remember the deaths of more than 3,000 US soldiers and many more Iraqis.
We'll contemplate the path ahead.
And we'll call on Congress to force a change in direction.


RSVP • Weekly Peace Vigil - ANTS on The Hill
12:00pm
Weekly Event
Every Wednesday on the Andover Newton Quagrangle from 12:00 noon to 12:50pm
Weekly Peace Vigil on the Quad
Every Wednesday from noon to 12:50.
This humble yet powerful act of witnessing in the ANTS community takes place
every Wednesday throughout the year as we take an hour of our time to
stand in unity against all forms of injustice and violence in our world today.


Northampton, Massachusetts
RSVP • 4 Years of Occupation - 16 Years of War
Saturday, March 17th 2007 7:00 p.m.
March, rally and vigil against the ongoing brutality in Iraq
and against America's dark policies of empire.


RSVP • Weekly Vigil to Stop the War
11:00 AM
Weekly Event
Every Saturday, 11:00 AM-12:00 noon
Weekly vigil every Saturday 11-12 in front of the courthouse, Main St.
(between King & Gothic, Northampton, MA)


Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Pittsfield Vigil
5:00 pm
Weekly Event
Every Thursday
Vigil at Park Square, Pittsfield


Plymouth, Massachusetts
RSVP • Memorial Vigil to Honor the Fallen and Wounded of the Iraq War
Saturday, March 17th 2007 10am
300 memorial markers will be erected. 60 will bear the name of Massachusetts soldiers.
This is meant to be a gentle, solemn, dignified memorial event for all who have given so much.
It is meant as a healing service for soldiers, their families, for the general public and for the Iraqi people.


RSVP • Plymouth Peace Vigil
noon
Weekly Event
Every Saturday at noon
Weekly silent vigil meets Saturdays at Town Square in Plymouth Center at noon,
proceeds to Shirley Square;
stands vigil with peace signs and peaceful posters, and disbands at 1:00.


RSVP • Plymouth Peace Vigil UPDATE
12:00
Weekly Event
Every Saturday noon
We have begun carrying VOTE PEACE signs, and will be out in force on Nov. 11,
as we have been on every Saturday for more than a year, from Town Square to Shirley Square.

Come join us. Bring your own VOTE PEACE sign, or use one of ours.


Springfield, Massachusetts
RSVP • "Rubicon" Pot-Luck Dinner & Discussion
5:00pm
Monthly Event
First Saturdays
Local activists and interested folks encouraged to bring a dish to share for ongoing
first Saturday 5-9:00pm pot-luck and attendee directed discussion of current events.
Pre-registration discouraged, just drop in if you can!


Walpole, Massachusetts
RSVP • Vigil to Protest the Iraq War
10:00 AM
Monthly Event
Every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
Please jon us for a Peace Vigil as we stand in protest of the Iraq War.
This war was started under false pretenses and has brought death and destruction to Iraq.
It's time to bring our troops home. We have peace signs or bring your own.


Waltham, Massachusetts
RSVP • Brandeis Peace vigil
12pm
Weekly Event
Every tuesday of the month
Every tuesday at 12 pm, the chaplancy (religious leaders of jewish, christian and muslim faiths)
lead a peace vigil in honor of our troops serving abroad,
and devoted to the establishment of peace and justice.
If you are in the area, please join us because we are looking to expand and draw a large crowd.
We meet outside of usdan student center at the peace memorial.


Watertown, Massachusetts
RSVP • Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar
11:00 AM
Monthly Event
The vigil is a monthly event takeing place between 11:00 AM and 12 noon in Watertown Square.
This is an expansion of the monthly "End the Iraq War" vigil that Watertown Citizens for
Environmental Safey and its Justice with Peace Task Force sponsor.
The vigil will take place in Watertown Square. Please join us with your signs
calling for an end to the war and for all troops to come home.
For more information email [e-mail] or call 617-926-8560 mailbox 2


Wayland, Massachusetts
RSVP • Fourth Anniversary Peace Vigil
Monday, March 19th 2007 5:30 pm
The vigil will last from 5:30 to about 6:45/7:pm but you can come early, stay late,
or just come for a little while ---Bring candles (best in some sort of cup), flashlights,
signs, large banners, flags etc. Use your imagination!! ---
The main theme as I see it is: "Support the Troops With Peace- Bring Them Home"
---Bring as many friends as you can! and please email this info to your local e-lists.


RSVP • People for Peace
11:30 am
Weekly Event
every Saturday- mid day
Weekly vigil against the Iraq war

More Info: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?state=MA&bydate=2007-03-17