Camp Casey - North

Camp Casey - North

On Sunday, the Bring Them Home Now tour arrived in Chicagoland. To make the travelers comfortable, several peace groups set up Camp Casey North on the grounds of a local church. On Saturday, we made crosses to memorialize the 76 soldiers from Illinois who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. On Sunday afternoon, several of our guys set them up in front of the church.

We had a pot luck welcome dinner at the home of a local peace friend on Monday evening so our travelers could fuel up for a very busy few days in Chicago. Tuesday, the camp will be "installed" at 06:00. Then the travelers will be off to tell some inner city kids a bit of truth about recruiting. In the afternoon, they will stop by the office of Rahm Emanual to ask if he knows what noble cause our kids are dying for. In the evening, a candlelight vigil will be held at Camp Casey North. Our travelers and a few others will share with us their experiences at Camp Casey. On Wednesday, a visit to Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert is planned to ask him if he knows what noble cause our kids are dying for. Cindy Sheehan will join the tour. There will be another candlelight vigil. On the final day, the travelers will visit Mark Kirk - again to ask that important question. A visit to the Eyes Wide Open display on the North Shore will complete the Chicago Tour...and they will be off - headed toward Washington, DC and the September 24th March and Rally. I will meet up with them there.

More pictures will be posted.