CodePink Memphis had a great turnout at the rally and march on March 17th. Between 20-25 people turned out in pink to participate with the several hundred protesters. The ages ranged from 1 year, 10 years, high school kids, college kids, up to seniors, all marching for peace. Taylor R. and Betsy A. helped sign up new people interested in supporting CodePink and they both led the march of several hundred, in peace chants, even introducing the crowd to CodePink's "What do women say . . . Pull out now!". I was thrilled to see the number of high school and college aged kids joining the march and getting involved. The march led to the military processing center, where the names and pictures of soldiers from Tennessee killed in the war were tied to the fence surrounding the center, with yellow ribbons, while their names were read aloud. It was a very moving visual presentation. We finished the march, walking down Beale St., where the St. Patty's day party crowd was waiting for the St. Patty's parade to begin. We received, largely, a positive response, even picking up a few new marchers. The march ended where it began, at the National Civil Rights Museum. On the way to my car, my daughter and I were stopped by two young men from Denmark, wanting to take our picture in our CodePink gear and signs of Peace. They seemed excited to see that in America there are people pushing for Peace, not just a government pushing for war.
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