ARLINGTON EAST DATES, DIRECTIONS & ACCOMADATIONS

Friday Night: 10/13/06

Nauset Regional High School Speak Out & Peace Rally

with musical performances by folk

songster Pat Scanlon singing-

"I've got a feeling I've been here before!"

" Where is the anger, Oh Where is the Rage?"

Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families Speak Out, Iraqi Veterans Againist the War, Veterans for Peace, Cape Codder's for Peace and Justice

FRIDAY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Carlos & Melida Arrendondo
Celeste Zappala
Kevin, Joyce & Debbie Lucey
Andy Sapp IVAW

Aseel Al Banna was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq were she studied architecture and urban studies at the school of architectural engineering at the University of Technology. Finding herself in the midst of violence wrought by the First Gulf War, Aseel left Iraq in 1992 and eventually made it to the United States where she obtained her architectural degree from the University of Kentucky. Aseel has been politically active in her community. Most recently she traveled with an Iraqi women's delegation throughout the United States to shed light on the horrors of the war in Iraq and its impact on women and children. Throughout her architectural practice and her political interest she finds herself acting as bridge between both the Iraqi and the American culture.


9:00 am - Sunset

Saturday Coast Guard Beach will be set out with over 2700 markers like Arlington Cemetery to commemorate the human cost of the war in IRAQ. There will also be an Iraqi grave markers.

12 Noon Interndenomination, Non-Denomational
Interfaith Memorial Service

Locally Sponsored Veterans for Peace, Cape Codders for Peace & Justice as well as 41 groups and individuals.

• Community Pot Luck Dinner Eastham United Methodist Hall
  
• Shuttle Service from Salt Pond Visitor's Center to Coast Guard Beach
• Served also by CC Bike Trail
• Public Transportation by CCRTA Flex Route Every Hour
• Public Restrooms at Visitor's Center
• Consolers & Grief Counselors
• VFP Honor Guard with Taps
• disAbility Accessible

FRIDAY NIGHT MEETING SPEAK OUT & RALLY 10/13/06 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Directions Interstate 95 North to Providence RI, Rt. 195 to Rt. 25 to Route 6 MidCape Highway all the way to Eastham Rotary, then road becomes Rt. 6A go about 3 miles
Get off at Rte. 6A in Eastham, at the Ben & Jerry Traffic Light Brackett Road, follow signs to Nauset Regional High School (NRHS) on right hand side of (100 Cable Road)
If you end up at the Atlantic Ocean Nauset Light House turn around and go back @ 1 mile!

http://nausetschools.org/

SATURDAY SUNRISE SUNSET COAST GUARD BEACH 1//14/06

same directions from N Rt. 95 or South 95, 93 or Rt.3 to Sagamore Bridge
Rte. 6 to Eastham Rotary then 6A to Cape Cod National Seashore Salt Pond Visitor's Center on Right Park in drivway, and grab shuttle buses at end of driveway.

Salt Pond Visitor's Center
http://www.nps.gov/archive/caco/places/saltpondvc.html

COAST GUARD BEACH
http://www.nps.gov/archive/caco/places/coastguardbeach.html


CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE
http://www.nps.gov/archive/caco/home.html


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Cape Codder Newspaper Article

'Arlington East' will mark Iraqi war dead
By Marilyn Miller
Friday, August 25, 2006


EASTHAM -Cape Codders for Peace and Justice, and Veterans for Peace, Cape Cod Chapter, have revealed plans for "Arlington East" on Coast Guard Beach in Eastham Saturday, Oct. 14, to memorialize those who have died in Iraq. The plan, said Nancy Clarke, an Army veteran who holds a doctorate degree in rehabilitative services, is to place 2,700 white crosses on the beach to memorialize the American men and women who have given their lives while fighting in Iraq. White markers standing for Iraqi soldiers and civilians who have lost their lives during the war will also be erected, she said.
The groups have obtained permission from Cape Cod National Seashore to use the beach for this service.

Photo Caption >Arlington West Veterans for Peace volunteers set up help for the day in California !

"We started out with a few people, but we've been contacting organizations and veterans for peace from California to Maine, and we have a lot of support. I'm a veteran myself, having served three years with the Army at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and this is not an anti-war rally," she said. "It is not anti-anything. It's about recognizing what is going on and how war is not the answer."
On Oct. 13, a public program will be held at Nauset Regional High School in the evening, where people will have a chance to speak out and a program of international music will be offered. Then on Saturday, the group will build "Arlington East" on the beach. An inter-denominational service will be held there at noon.
"We will have some Gold Star Mothers there who have lost their children in the war," said John Bangert, who is also helping to plan the event with Clarke and other Cape Codders residents.
"This installation will be a very respectful and awesome presence for all of us to reflect on war and its cost in human assets," he said. "Please work and pray for peace now, and if you want to join us or even co-sponsor this event, please contact us." Bangert can be reached at 508-432-0545 and Clarke can be reached at 508-385-8636.
Public transportation will be available through the Flex bus to reach the beach, and the beach is handicap accessible.

Random Acts or Vigils and Visitation with Carlos & Melida Arredondo!

September 5, 2006
Goodbye, and - take a stand
By CHRISTIE SMYTHE Cape Cod Times Staff Writer -On Route 6 overpasses, at rest areas and at rotaries, the annual ritual was in full swing yesterday. People gathered near the roads to wave to visitors leaving the Cape as the year's biggest season for tourism came to a close. Some held ''see you next year'' banners, and others, aware of the election on the horizon, brandished signs with political messages. But one element was missing: the traffic.

Caption Veterans for Peace Chapter 41, John Bangert, stands out on Rte. 6, in Sandwich with his childhood friend, John Beitzel and family, from Veterans for Peace Philadelphia Chapter.

At about 3 p.m. yesterday, a driver could do the unthinkable: drive the better part of Route 6 on Labor Day, all the way to the Sagamore Bridge, without hitting gridlock.

A group of anti-war demonstrators at a Route 6 rest area in Sandwich noticed the unusually easy flow of the cars passing by. ''I suspect a lot of people left yesterday because the weather was so rotten,'' said Brewster resident Elenita Muniz, a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Drizzle and clouds were common throughout the weekend, except yesterday, when the sun came out for much of the day.

Muniz's organization, along with Cape Codders for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace and other groups, regularly hold demonstrations against the Iraq War at the rest area on high-traffic holidays. This year, they invited the father and stepmother of 20-year-old Marine Alexander Scott Arredondo of Randolph, who was killed in Iraq in 2005. Carlos and Melida Arredondo said they are traveling the country to urge the federal government to bring troops back home. Altogether, about 20 people stood at the rest area, holding signs saying ''end the war,'' ''impeach'' and ''honor the dead.''

But although there might have been fewer cars whizzing by this year than usual, demonstrators said the motorists seemed more supportive of their message than in years past. ''Traffic is much lighter, but the honks, I think, are proportionally greater,'' said Lynn Hiller, coordinator of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. ''My sense is even people in the middle are starting to question the war,'' said Harwich resident Chuck Micciche of Cape Codders for Peace and Justice. Another political group seeking attention from Labor Day motorists was a Barnstable organization supporting gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick. Centerville residents and Patrick supporters William and Dorte Griswold displayed three signs for Patrick.
Christie Smythe can be reached at csmythe@capecodonline.com.
(Published: September 5, 2006)










Sandwich Exit 3 Parking Lot Route 6 going home with our message - End the war!






Ken Farr Veterans for (Peace Gen. Smedley Butler Brigade) took the torch of honor and stood by the flag draped casket of Alex Arrendondo which was at the Bourne Rotary on Labor Day 2006!

Melida Arredondo plants a kiss on Howard Zinn in Wellfleet, Mass, Vigil for Peace, Saturday September 2, 2006 Howard and Mrs. Zinn stood with us during this vigil.

Carlos in Texas cowboy hat, John Bangert in 1950's summer hat, David Agnew looking on holding Stop Iraq War sign.

Gold Star Families Speak Out

Cape Cod National Seashore will host the Gold Star Families for Peace.

MISSION STATEMENT

Arlington East Mission Statement:

"The purpose of this project is to make the consequences of war real and to allow people to express their grief, respect, and thoughts.

We believe that humanity can and must rise above violence to build a world of justice and peace for all peoples."

VFP Member John Hopkins has invited folks to come to his workshop on the following Sunday, Sept. 10, 17, 21-to paint grave markers.