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Iraq Moratorium #5: Mtn. View Recruiting Station Part I

by Raging Grannies (info [at] raginggrannies.com)
***SHRINE TO AMERICAN FEMALE CASUALTIES ERECTED IN FRONT OF RECRUITING CENTER***

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*To date 93 American servicewomen have lost their lives in the war on Iraq.*

Members of the Raging Grannies Action League held a memorial service and left a shrine
to the fallen in front of a brand new recruiting station in Mountain View, CA.

At 1:30pm as we left the scene visitors to the shopping district at Grant Rd. and
El Camino Real were seen stopping to observe the flag, candles, flowers and list
of names of the dead.

This Event was part of the Iraq Moratorium National Action and was supported by
individual members of Los Altos Voices for Peace, Mountain View Voices for Peace and
Veterans for Peace who joined us in a demonstration of approximately 35 people.
§Grannies prepare Shrine to Fallen Servicewomen
by Raging Grannies
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The Military Recruiting Station in Mountain View is called the "US Armed Forces Career Center" and was locked with a padlock. They might have known we were coming.

Here you can see the Grannies preparing the shrine with US flag, flowers, and names and photos of some of the 93 dead US servicewomen.
§Sharks Territory
by Raging Grannies
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Ironically, this sign is displayed in the window of the Play It Again Sam Sports Equipment next door to the recruiting station. Playing on that theme we displayed our own message: Mountain View is Raging Grannies Territory
§"Career Center"
by Raging Grannies
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§The shrine we left behind
by Raging Grannies
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**A pair of Raging Granny Legs reflected in the mirror that is part of the shrine**
§Grannies Marian and Arloa
by Raging Grannies
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Marian is 90 and served as an air traffic controller in WWII. She saw the aftermath of the Manhattan Project.
§Coincidence
by Raging Grannies
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Granny Friend Tian happened to wear a t-shirt with the number 93 on it....the number of US servicewomen killed to date.
§On the corner near the recruiting center
by Raging Grannies
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Demonstrating for the greater public to see
§Dying is NOT a career
by Raging Grannies
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...although the US Armed Forces "Career Center" would have you believe otherwise.
§Vets for Peace & Granny Tuba
by Raging Grannies
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§When you are in Mountain View...
by Raging Grannies
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...you are in Raging Granny territory!
§You Can't Be All You Can Be if You're Dead
by Raging Grannies (info [at] raginggrannies.com)
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Demonstrating in front of gas price display...
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