U.S. Draft Dodgers Getting Recognized - in Canada

Champ

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Fri Sep-10-04 11:42 AM
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U.S. Draft Dodgers Getting Recognized - in Canada

Edited on Fri Sep-10-04 11:43 AM by Champ

NELSON, British Columbia - U.S. draft dodgers who fled to Canada are finally getting some recognition — in Canada.

Artists and activists in this picturesque lakeside town have announced plans for a bronze monument and festival to honor them.

"This will mark the courageous legacy of Vietnam War resisters and the Canadians who helped them resettle in this country during that tumultuous era," said Isaac Romano, director of Our Way Home, a celebration set for 2006.

Dennis Klein, a sculptor and teacher at Kootenay School of the Arts, and artist Naomi Lewis have been chosen to make a memorial depicting Canadians embracing the hands of American resisters.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20040910/ap_on_fe_st/draft_dodgers

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miss_kitty

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Fri Sep-10-04 12:16 PM
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1. canada has such good ideas....

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