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Peace Dove Descends on San Mateo: Iraq Moratorium Vigil

by Raging Grannies (info [at] raginggrannies.com)
Lightning punctured the sky as a Peace Dove burdened by weapons of war descended on San Mateo's historic Central Park.
*Declaration of Peace San Mateo* organized this vigil attended by 150 people and sponsored by groups including the
*Raging Grannies Action League*
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Peace Bird sculpture was made by Raging Granny Trudy Reagan; it has been featured in international, national and local news stories.
For report in *Positive News* on how the Raging Grannies came to create the sculpture see
http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/number7spr/peacesculp/default_html?addToURL=/default_html

Co-sponsors of the vigil and march included Pax Christi Burlingame; College Heights Church; San Mateo County
Democracy for America; Transfiguration EpiscopalChurch; Network of Spiritual Progressives-San Mateo County; San Mateo Peace Action; Raging Grannies Action League; Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo Social Action Committee; and Veterans for Peace Chapter 69.
September 21, 2007.
§Raging Grannies Action League
by Raging Grannies
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Grannies smile here, but sang solemn songs at the vigil.
§Granny Gail
by Raging Grannies
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Grannies Now Say and Grannies Have always said...Bring Troops Home!
§Granny Mary
by Raging Grannies
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Ready for Rain
§Granny webmistress
by Raging Grannies
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Constantly maintaining http://www.RagingGrannies.com and accompanying blog
§It's Mikey~!
by Raging Grannies
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San Mateo Peace Actions' Omnipresent President, Mike C. read from list of Bay Area dead
§Even peace doggie was reverent...
by Raging Grannies
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...during the reading of the dead, that is. She howled when the Grannies sang!
§Peace bird overlooks the crowd....
by Raging Grannies
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...from her perch atop a trash can, the peace bird viewed all.
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