Today we had up to 25 people joinging us. We walked about 16 miles, the stretch of road was not as populated and not as much traffic, but there was good support as we walked the roads.
Near Lafayette, you could feel the momentum growing and more horns honking as we got closer to Syracuse.
We were able to go up to homes along the way, stopping at several homes. We were well received.
The “Cortland Standard” did a great article of Michael Blake, along with a photo of him.
There was a man in the photo that appeared in the “Cortland Standard,” the “candy man.” He drove up to us as we were on Rt. 13, and he stopped and got out of his car. He had a brown paper bag. “I heard aobut you in the news and I brought you candy.” He went right down the line of the 20 or so of us an gave us all candy . We were thrilled to see his photo in the background of the picture of Michael Blake that appeared in the newspaper.
Last night: an extremely powerful discussion. Tom DeGloma, from Ithaca, spoke on the history of post-traumatic stress disorder. Mike and Eli also spoke about PTSD. And a couple from Military Families spoke about their son-in-law in Iraq and his third deployment . He is a psychologist. They talked about unfair treatment of the soldiers as wll as the need for support for the support soldeirs.
We discussed the need for community building. — Alexis Alexander
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1 Kelli Large // May 13, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Keep going guys! You are all inspiration to me and my family. I wish I could have done the whole march with you to support peace and my brother in Afghanistan. We will meet up again in Fort Drum. Til then you are all in my heart and thoughts!
peace&love, the moravians
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