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Marching Against Reagan

By VVAW

April 1987 will once again bring veterans out to march on the Western White House in Santa Barbara, California. Including in this year's actions will be a vets march on the vacation home of Vice-President Bush in Kennebuck, Maine.

This is the third consecutive year for actions in front of the Western White House. This year VVAW, as a member of the Veterans Peace Coalition, will participate. We need to draw as many veterans from VVAW as possible for a religious observance on Sunday, April 19 (Easter) and for the march on the following day.

The demonstration is being organized by the Veterans Speakers' Alliance and other California-based groups. The base camp will open on Saturday, April 18th, at E1 Capitan State Beach on Highway 101 about 15 miles from Santa Barbara. You will need a sleeping bag; camping will be in two group areas. They are trying to get a couple of company-size tents for those without tents.

The main theme of the demonstration is NO INTERVENTION IN CENTRAL AMERICA! We all know another war like Vietnam is heating up; veterans have a duty to try to stop it.

A lot of you go back a long ways with VVAW. We hope to make good use of our time in California by recontacting people about getting VVVAW together again out west. We think it can and should be done; we need input from all you people in the field; some of you have been on our mailing list for a long time.

The contact on the West Coast for these events it's the Veterans' Speakers Alliance (415) 981-4846, or, for VVAW, VVAW Milwaukee (4124) 963-0398. If you plan to join us, please let VVAW know.

The East Coast march in Maine is planned for the 19th of April; for more information contact Jerry Genesio, (207) 797-2770.