July 2006 Archives
The highlight of my July 4th was carrying a sign around the Washington Monument before the fireworks.
On one side it read:
Fireworks: Good\nBombing: Bad
On the other:
Fireworks in DC
Bombing in Iraq & Gaza
(One from July 3, while joining the Troops Home Fast gathering:\nFireworks in DC\nBombings in Ramadi)
There were tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of pairs of eyes there. They would look curiously. They are usually deluged with signs and ads. The Mall on July 4th is amazingly an ad-free place (we'll see how long that lasts...). Eyes would seek my sign and after reading it, quickly dart away.
As someone was speaking about the Troops Home Fast as it began here in D.C. they said it wasn't being done in the hopes of changing Bush, but of reaching out to others. I happen to be standing next to Cindy Sheehan at the time, and she muttered "and to change ourselves."
