[NYTr] National Impeachment Marchers Reach East Coast

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sent by David Swanson - Aug 27, 2007

National Impeachment Marchers Reach East Coast

Contact:
Tina Richards (573) 247 - 8059
Mario Penalver (253) 720 - 1200

http://www.MarchofthePeople.org

Hagerstown MD, -- Three marchers who have walked as far as 1,700 miles
in their journey to Washington, D.C., to demand impeachment, arrived in
Maryland today on Rte. 16. Three students merged together into one walk
against the war and any leader who supports it. As they crossed over
the border, facing 105 degree heat on the blacktop, other locals joined
them in their march. 

Mario Penalver stated, "We are waiting for a convenient time to deal
with our nation's injustice and that is the very reason why we are not
dealing with that injustice at all. We are held hostage by waiting.
Until we realize that injustice is a never-ending shackle of
"tomorrow," this war in Iraq and the military complex that supports it
will always be." 

Mario Penalver, a University of Chicago student, is not waiting for the
politicians. With a deep belief in the American people, he started his
march through hostile red states, talking as one midwesterner to
another. 

Gordy Heuer of Pittsboro, North Carolina, heard of the march from his
father, John Heuer. Watching his town devastated by lack of social
services and abundant unemployment, Gordy decided he needed to take a
stand against the cost of the war at home. Gordy stated, "We are
building bombs and war machines instead of taking care of our own
people."

Elliott Nesch, founder of Beit Shalom Ministries, has walked the
furthest, starting in Denver, CO, on March 1st, 2007. "As a man of
faith, I set out on this 1,700 mile journey to talk with other
Christians." Not understanding how Christians can support war, he is
hoping to convince other ministers to start teaching the words of Jesus
and not condon the Bush administrations words of war. 

They will be traveling through large and small towns of Maryland to
talk and march with locals across Maryland. Hagerstown, Thurmont,
Fredrick are just a few places they will be walking through. They hope
to educate, discuss and enlighten people and media about the issues of
war and the duty of Americans to participate in their democracy.