Save the Date… Saturday, March 20, 11:30a.m. – 1:30p.m.
Delaware Valley Regional Demonstration
7th Anniversary of the Iraq War & U.S. occupation
It’s Time to Stop the War(s) and End the Militarization of Youth
Jobs Not Wars
It’s Time to Close the Army Experience Center
Over the past year, as part of the United for Peace & Justice—Delaware Valley Network’s campaign to close the Army Experience Center (AEC) located in the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia, there have been regular protests and a monthly vigil (3rd Saturday of the month) at Knights & Woodhaven Roads, urging people not to shop the mall until the AEC is closed. In keeping with the importance of the date, March 20th, there will be a regional rally featuring speakers and music followed by a dramatic memorial and protest in front of the Army Experience Center, marking the anniversary of the start of the war and U.S. occupation of Iraq
Vigil Rally Memorial Protest
Saturday, March 20, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Army Experience Center/Franklin Mills Mall
Knights & Woodhaven Roads, Northeast Philadelphia
Rally Speakers include:
Jesse Hamilton, former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant in Iraq, adviser to Iraqi Army in Fallujah, ‘05-‘06.
Music, bell-tolling and reading the names of Philadelphians killed in Iraq and recruited through one of the recruiting stations merged into the Army Experience Center Jobs not Wars — Close the Army Experience Center!
- Join us in memory of all the war dead
– Join us in saying ”NO!” to the war(s) and the militarization of youth
- Join us in demanding the Closing of the Army Experience Center.
A number of SEPTA (www.septa.com) buses leave from the Frankfort Terminal for the Franklin Mills Mall. SEPTA bus #84 stops right at the
corner of Knights & Woodhaven Road, before reaching the Mall.
For more information: Brandywine Peace Community, 610-544-1818, www.brandywinepeace.com Coalition for Peace Action Coalition, (609) 924-5022, www.peacecoalition.org BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action, 215-380-6804, www.cfpabuxmont.org
More on the Army Experience Center, including directions to the Franklin Mills Mall, at http://www.peacecoalition.org/component/content/article/39-cfpa/133-demonstration-at-the-army-experience-center.html