May 28 - 2nd Annual Memorial Week Demonstration: Honor the War Dead by Demanding All Troops Home NOW

On Wednesday, May 28, during Memorial Week, hundreds of military families, veterans, students, and neighbors will join together to hold a 4,000-foot-long banner with the names of all of the U.S. troops and many Iraqi people who have been killed in the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq. As we remember the dead, we will call on the government to Bring the Troops Home NOW and take care of them when they get here.

We will assemble at 4:30 pm at the National Guard Armory, located on the corner of Liberty Road and Teaneck Road in Teaneck, and remain there until 6:00 pm, rain or shine.

Your help is needed to make this action a success. Over 350 volunteers are needed to hold the 20-foot-long segments of the banner.

Click here to volunteer on May 28 or call 201-808-6004.

Please bring canned and boxed food and baby supplies directly to the Family Assistance Center at the National Guard Armory to help the families of the NJ National Guard. Use the Ward Plaza entrance.

When you arrive, please go to Ward Plaza (the southern end of the armory) and Teaneck Road, sign in at the table, then get a banner. Please return the banner to the same location at 6:00 pm. People are welcome to stand anywhere around the armory.

Click here to volunteer on May 28 or call 201-808-6004.

Special contingents on May 28:

Active Duty Soldiers, Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star families, other military families, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, and other Veterans and their families: Along Teaneck Road just South of Liberty Road where you see signs with the numbers of troops killed.

Students – high school and college: Teaneck Road near Ward Plaza

Students – middle and elementary school: Liberty Road, east of the huge numbers.

Babies in strollers: Liberty Road, east of the middle and elementary schools students, nearer to the armory parking lot.

People who need to sit in chairs: Liberty Road near the parking lots of the armory. We hope people will drop off chairs for people to use before 4:30 pm. Let us know if you will be dropping off chairs and picking them up at 6:00 pm.

Sponsors:

Military Families Speak Out (Bergen County)
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21, NJ
Iraq Veterans Against the War – New Jersey
Bergen Peace and Justice Coalition
Teaneck Peace and Justice Coalition
NJ Peace Action
NJ Coalition to Bring Troops Home NOW!
People’s Organization for Progress – NJ
People’s Organization for Progress – Bergen County
American Muslim Union
WITS – World Improvement by Tenafly Students
Ft. Lee Peace Vigil
Codepink-Madison NJ
Bergen Grassroots
Central Unitarian Church Social Responsibility Committee
NJ Citizen Action