Memorial Day is here yet again - PEACE TAKES COURAGE ANIMATION

[Ava]

Memorial Day is here yet again. This is the 3rd Memorial Day that U.S. troops will be spending in Iraq. As we take the day off tomorrow and spend time with our friends and family, do not forget the 2,464 U.S. troops that have died in this terrible war and the thousands more that have been wounded. Their patriotism and honor will forever be remembered and appreciated. We cannot allow the Bush Administration to continue using our brave American men and women to fight in a war that he lied about. We've been in Iraq 3 too many Memorial Days, and it's up to us to make sure that we are not still there this time next year.



Support our troops. Demand they be brought home, and demand the truth.

Animation: Memorial - http://www.peacetakescourage.com/memorial.html
(I created this animation last year so the numbers are off.)

[Ava]

1. kick

:kick:

[teach1st]

2. Wow!

I don't cry too easily, but I just did. Well done, Ava.

[Ava]

4. thank you teach1st!

:hi:

[Texasgal]

3. Ava!

Your website is INCREDIBLE!

I have sent this through e-mail to several friends, did you know that you have become popular with the 4 ID in Baghdad?

You are a very smart and courageous young lady.

KUDOS to you!

[Ava]

5. thanks so much Texasgal!

i didn't know i had become popular with them! do you have family or friends in the service?

thanks again! :pals:

[Texasgal]

6. yes...my brother.

I sent him the link.

He watched it with his army buds with the 4th ID.

They LOVE you!

[Ava]

7. awesome!

be sure to tell him i said thank you for his service and happy memorial day!

[Texasgal]

8. I will Ava...

And thank you for your dedication. :)

[Ava]

35. thanks Texasgal

:hug:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Texasgal, how great that your brother and his unit have seen

Ava's site.

Next time you talk to or write your brother, tell him thank you for his service.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Ava, you never cease to amaze me

And your work always touches me, especially the animations such as this one. I cannot thank you enough for what you are doing, for the site you created.

I have sent the link to your site to friends and family, and they have all been very impressed with what you have done.

Thank you. You ARE a patriot. :patriot:

[Ava]

13. thank you so much SeattleGirl !

:hug:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

11. K&R! and we need one more vote here folks

:kick:

[Ava]

25. thanks Jeffersons Ghost

:hi:

[Stargleamer]

12. Ava, This one is great with Robert Cray's song. . .

I do like it a lot. My favorites are still though, "June" and "Iraq Isn't Vietnam, Yet". Keep up the good work.

P.S. The Katrina one was great too.

[Ava]

19. thanks Stargleamer!

:hi:

[stellanoir]

14. Just

yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!

So moving

K & R

[Ava]

20. thanks stellanoir

[scoey1953]

15. A sobering photograph this morning...

I believe this is Arlington Cemetery this morning.

[newyawker99]

16. Hi scoey1953!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[scoey1953]

39. re: Hi

Hi..Guess that was my first post here. I do a lot of posting at www.democrats.com and www.aznv.tv/
so be advised I love to get wordy and use images. Its good to be here,
I enjoyed doing your sticky board- I bet I spent over $300 on buying Stickys..
glad to be helpful there.

If I may, I have been a democrat for a long time, and a Vietnam era vet. I am now presently a student,
once again..taking up the Japanese language! (Watashi wa Nihongo no benkyo o shimasu) I will be
traveling to Japan next year for three weeks, as well as a few days in Hong Kong for vacation.
Maybe with a stop over to Bora Bora Tahiti on the way back. (This will be more than a vacation,
more like a honeymoon.)

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome.
Domo Arigato Gozaimashita!

[Ava]

21. thank you for the photo and welcome to DU

[stepnw1f]

17. Oh Ava

You just made me cry.... that was beautiful. Tat's all I have got to say.

[Ava]

22. thanks stepnw1f

:pals:

[thoughttheater]

18. Happy Remembrances

Read an article on the meaning and importance of remembrance this Memorial Day and each day...here:

www.thoughttheater.com

[Ava]

26. a belated welcome to DU

i'm reading the article now :hi:

[President Kerry]

23. Ava, that gave me the chills.

You're extraordinary. Thanks for your site and your activism. It's making more difference than you know. Happy Memorial Day!

[Ava]

24. thank you President Kerry!

:pals:
Happy Memorial Day to you too

[SeaBob]

27. Memorial Day

Thank you very much

[Ava]

29. thanks SeaBob

[Mad_Dem_X]

28. Absolutely incredible

So powerful...you did a fantastic job, Ava. God bless you.

BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!

[Ava]

30. thank you Mad_Dem_X!

:pals:

[Prophet 451]

31. Harrowing

I come from a military family. I can't put my feelings into words on watching that so:

"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down on the sun and in the morning,
We shall remember them.

Lest we forget".

[Ava]

33. i come from a family with many military members too Prophet 451

thank you for the poem.

[Melynn]

32. That's great

Young people like you give me hope for the future. :thumbsup:

[Ava]

34. thanks Melynn

:pals:

[DianaForRussFeingold]

36. Thank You Ava! for making such inspirational videos.

:hi: Happy Memorial Day. You are wonderful.:loveya: You make us all proud. :patriot: I posted this one on Easter on other sites and emailed it to everyone.http://peacetakescourage.cf.huffingtonpost.com/animations/wwjd.html :hug: Thank you for all your inspirational videos. :kick: :yourock:

[Ava]

42. thanks so much DianaForRussFeingold !

:pals:

[blm]

37. Best way to nonor vets and our country is for citizens to demand truth.

Truth matters. This country will only survive when more citizens dare to demand truth.

[Ava]

43. agreed. we will never learn from our mistakes if we refuse to confront

the fact that we did make mistakes.

[blm]

46. More than mistakes - the books need to be opened because of CRIMES that

have been committed in OUR names over the decades.

Clinton refused to open the books on IranContra and BCCI and CIA drugrunning. All of those documents, fully revealed, would have prevented 9-11 and certainly have prevented BOTH Iraq wars.

Truth matters - it's this nation's only hope.

Here's Robert Parry's great article explaining how it all connects and why it is so important for the books to be opened:

Hey Democrats - Truth Matters

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0511-29.htm

[otherlander]

38. For some reason it wouldn't load...

but I was checking out your website, and I have to say, great work! The animations are really powerful.

[sakabatou]

41. The site is now down I think

Couldn't even connect...

[Ava]

44. sorry about that, for some reason the site keeps coming and going

something most be wrong with the host. i'm working on figuring out the problem now.

[aaronbees]

40. Good thoughts, Ava...

and great animation work. It's powerful and simply told and righteous :) Let's hope we get out of there soon.

[Ava]

45. thank you aaronbees

:hi: