Vigil For The Moratorium
05/16/2008 5 to 6 p.m.
Right downtown, Water St & Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI US Sponsored by Peace Action Wisconsin, Milwaukee Coalition for a Just Peace Vigil and rally at downtown's busiest corner, with signs, flags and banners. We leaflet pedestrians to tell them about the Iraq Moratorium and invite drivers to honk their horns in support, with a good response. Sometimes we also march a few blocks to add some action. We are growing, both in numbers and in the cross-section of people who participate. Please join us. PermaLink: http://iraqmoratorium.org/events/listings/9/942.html Reports, Updates, Comments
  What do we do in Milwaukee when the temperature finally hits 70 degrees? Go to the lakefront? Grill brats in the back yard? Skinny dip? Take off our longjohns?
If it's the Third Friday, we meet in the heart of downtown for an hour, fill all four corners of the intersection with people, flags, banners and enthusiasm, and call for an end to the war and occupation.
We're getting used to support from rush hour drivers, who honked their horns almost non-stop tonight, including a lot of county bus drivers and one trucker driving a huge tractor-trailer with a big air horn. One driver got out of his car (while the light was red) to chat and say something supportive to one of the vigilers. We leaflet pedestrians, and one young Iranian couple, downtown shopping, stopped to express their support. But our favorite anecdote of the day was the two Army recruiters who drove past in an Army vehicle -- while one of them gave the protesters a thumbs-up.
We had a diverse group of kids, college students, parents, and grandparents, about 70 in all, counting one small dog (below) with a "Puppy for Peace" jacket.
 
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