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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 07:59 PM
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St. Patty's Day MARCH ON THE PENTAGON !! 150 Cities Organize !

150+ cities organizing for
March on the Pentagon, March 17!

Over 150 cities are organizing buses, vans, car caravans and anti-war trains to bring people from across the country to March on the Pentagon in Washington DC on Saturday March 17!

Click for details about buses from across the U.S.

The National Office of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has received an enormous response from people all around the country who are planning to travel to Washington DC to march on the Pentagon on the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq.

Huge numbers will come from every major city on the East Coast, Midwest and South - New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte and elsewhere - and from many smaller cities. Gulfport, Mississippi; Muskogee, Oklahoma; and New Bedford, Massachusetts are just a few of the cities organizing for this demonstration. People will be driving from as far away as Denver, Colorado - a 26 hour drive to DC.

Below are just some of the cities organizing transportation to be at the March on the Pentagon, March 17:

Akron, OH
Albany, NY
Albuquerque, NM
Amherst, MA
Andover, MA
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Blacksburg, VA
Boone, NC
Boston, MA
Burlington, VT
Charleston SC
Charlotte, NC
Charlottesville, VA
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Columbia, SC
Dallas, TX
Danbury, CT
Decatur, GA
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Detroit, MI
El Paso, TX
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Ft. Myers, FL
Ft. Wayne, IN
Gainesville, FL
Greenville, NC
Gulfport, MS
Harrisburg, PA
Hartford, CT
Hickory, NC Houston, TX
Hudson Valley, NY
Iowa City, IA
Jacksonville, FL
Kent, OH
Lewisburg, WV
Lexington, KY
Linwood, NJ
Little Rock, AR
Logan, UT
Louisville, KY
Lynchburg, VA
Macon, GA
Madison, WI
Miami, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Mobile, AL
Montpelier, VT
Mountain Home, AR
Muskogee, OK
Nashua, NH
Nashville, TN
New Bedford, MA
New Britain, CT
New Brunswick, NJ
New Haven, CT
New Orleans, LA
New York City, NY
Newark, DE
Newton, NC
Norfolk, VA
Ogden, UT
Oklahoma City, OK
Oneonta, NY Orlando, FL
Palm Beach County, FL
Parkersburg, WV
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsfield, MA
Plymouth, NH
Portland, ME
Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth, VA
Providence, RI
Raleigh, NC
Reading, PA
Richmond, VA
Rochester, NY
Rome GA
Salisbury, CT
San Antonio, TX
Savannah, GA
Schenectady, NY
Scranton, PA
Springfield, MA
St. Louis, MO
Stanford, KY
Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg, FL
Toledo, OH
Trenton, NJ
Tucson AZ
Tuscaloosa, AL
Wayne, NJ
West Chester, PA
Worcester, MA
Yellow Springs, OH
York, PA



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Tickets for buses from New York City can still be purchased now online at a 30% reduced price! Click for details on how you can purchase tickets for buses from New York City online, by phone or in person.

Click on this link for details about buses from across the U.S.

If you are organizing transportation and are not yet listed, fill out the March 17 Transportation Form.

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FtWayneBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:26 PM
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1. Yep, I am on the bus from
Ft. Wayne.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:33 PM
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2. I like it
St. Patrick's Day parades took off in the U.S. when the Irish in the 1800s used them to show their political power and to protest discrimination against them. A political protest on St. Patrick's Day is a great tradition.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-20-07 01:29 PM
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4. interesting. thanks
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-19-07 08:52 PM
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