[SDCPJ] Fwd: ] HELP SD Vets 4 Peace Today- Sunday. Bannering against the Miramar Air Show

From: Gil Field <gfield@san.rr.com>
Date: September 21, 2016 at 1:23:07 PM PDT
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: NEWS ADVISORY:  Local veterans encourage the public to stay home from the Miramar Air Show this weekend

NEWS ADVISORY

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

LOCAL SAN DIEGO VETERANS ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO STAY HOME AND NOT ATTEND THE MIRAMAR AIR SHOW THIS WEEKEND

 

Summary:

 

Chapter members and friends of the San Diego Veterans For Peace will be "bannering" above the I-15 at the Carroll Canyon Road exit again this Thursday thru Sunday, September 22-25, encouraging the public to stay home from this weekend's Miramar Air Show.   

 

Who:    Chapter members and friends of the San Diego Veterans For Peace, the local chapter of the national Veterans For Peace organization.

 

When:      Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 from 4-6 PM; 

                    Friday, September 23rd, 2016 from 1-4 PM;

                    Saturday, September 24th, 2016 from 1-4 PM;

                    Sunday, September 25th, 2016 from 1-4 PM.

 

Where:      Carroll Canyon Road overpass along the I-15

 

Why:      Each year, San Diego hosts the giant Miramar Air Show, which is attended by up to 500,000 people.  This air show is typical of many other air shows around the country in that it attempts to glorify and glamorize war and militarism, as well as being an excellent opportunity for defense contractors and the overall military industrial complex to sell products which lead to the deaths and injuries of so many people.  The San Diego Veterans For Peace, with veteran members of all five services, is opposed to these "war shows" and is asking the public to stay home and to provide more wholesome entertainment for their children and families than the Miramar Air Show provides.  As part of this planned five year educational outreach, veterans will be located with banners on the Carroll Canyon Road overpass this weekend prior to and during the air show.   

 

The press and the public are invited to join the San Diego Veterans For Peace on the Carroll Canyon Road overpass this weekend.

 

For more information or for interviews of involved veterans, please contact David Patterson, US Air Force veteran, at 760-207-9139 or at DPatterson998@yahoo.com.

 

This NEWS ADVISORY provided by:

San Diego Veterans For Peace

Gil Field, Director for Communications

www.SDVFP.org

858-342-1964

 

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