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February 21, 2007
Bring their Buddies Home
What a beautiful display and a very dramatic artistic comment. One of the things that struck me most about the hub-a-balue over Bush coming to Chattanooga was a news story showing the students at CSAS. It said that the older students held signs about the war and katrina. One young lady said, "I wish they had slowed down and read what we had to say. We will be voting in 2008 and we have a voice."
Watch this touching video of this installation:
From the NCtimes article:
The vigil was one of several throughout the country planned for the same time. Others were scheduled for Laguna Beach, Palm Springs and Gainesville, Fla.
Event organizer Jeeni Criscenzo of Oceanside said she organized the event, dubbed Bring Their Buddies Home, as a gesture of respect for members of the U.S. military who have died in Iraq and to urge an end to the American military's role in the conflict.
She and several other organizers said they regarded the rain as helpful in setting an appropriately somber tone for a vigil they repeatedly likened to a work of art.
"If this is the canvas, the rain is the paint," Criscenzo said.
This was the second such vigil that Criscenzo has organized. The first was held in Carlsbad in November 2005.
On Monday, participants, dressed in black at the organizers' request, began to sign in and line the sidewalk at 9:30 a.m. At 10 a.m., a bugler played taps, signaling the mournful start of the event. The vigil continued until 11 a.m., punctuated by an occasional horn honking from passing motorists.
The participants stood silent and motionless as dark clouds scudded overhead and ocean waves pounded the beach below and behind the sidewalk where they stood.
A letter-sized sheet of paper bearing the first name and first letter of the last name of each fallen service member was pinned to the chest of each participant. The paper also included the service member's rank, branch of service, hometown and age.
Criscenzo said the full last name of each service member was omitted because it could not be determined whether surviving family members would have approved the name of their loved one being used in the vigil.
Judy Hess of Chula Vista, one of several volunteers who helped register participants, wrapped the feet of one little girl in a stroller with trash bags to keep her dry.
"The troops are in worse weather and worse conditions than we are," Hess said.
| By Stella Blue | 11:58 PM
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