Taken from It's Good to be With Friends: Memorial Day in Chicago by Joe Miller:
On a bright May 28, not as hot as usual, around sixty members and supporters of VVAW gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fountain to remember the fallen in wars and in struggles for social justice. We also gathered to remember comrades and friends who have passed on.
The construction on State and Wacker did not deter us. In fact, a couple of our members actually convinced the workers to stop until we completed our ceremony.
Barry Romo, national co-coordinator of VVAW, served as the MC for this event. He began by reminding us all of the Winter Soldier Investigation of thirty years ago, when VVAW members challenged the lie that My Lai was an aberration. Barry connected this with the recent revelations about former Senator Bob Kerrey and his SEAL team, who had murdered civilians in Vietnam. Kerrey claimed that this bothered him so much that he has had difficulty sleeping for the past thirty years.
'I don't care whether Bob Kerrey sleeps at night.' said Romo.... Read More
