NELSON, British Columbia — Plans for a bronze monument and festival to honor U.S. draft dodgers in 2006 in this picturesque lakeside town have generated a wave of anger in the United States, local officials say.
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In announcing Our Way Home, a celebration set for July 8-9, 2006, director Isaac Romano said the purpose was to honor “the courageous legacy of Vietnam War resisters and the Canadians who helped them resettle in this country during that tumultuous era.”
This calls for a photoshop contest – put your creative juices to work, and help the good people of Nelson in their quest to make absolute asses of themselves.
Joining the Beltway Traffic Jam to spread the word and solicit your entries!
You go girl!
Chicken Draft Dodgers
And Damn It.. I respect those who have volunteered, for whatever their reasons are, to “serve.” But at the same time, I also respect those who for whatever their reasons are, don’t want to. I do not consider them “chickens.”
I think a memorial to…
It would be funny if there were a unvieling of a similar but opposite statue over onthe US side of the border or better yet, in Nelson.
Should be painted yellow, though.