WASHINGTON — Vietnam veterans will be gathering in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, March 17, 2007, to protect the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) and other war memorials from desecration by protesters attending a so-called antiwar rally being held that day adjacent to The Wall. The veterans intend to prevent a recurrence of what happened at a similar event on January 27, 2007, when protesters spray-painted the Capitol and spat on a disabled Iraq vet.

“A Gathering of Eagles,” as the veterans are calling their effort, is being joined by other patriotic groups including Rolling Thunder, Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH), Move America Forward and FreeRepublic.com. Those organizations are encouraging their members and supporters to protect The Wall and to stand up for their brothers and sisters in arms in Iraq.

The announcement by International ANSWER, the communist Workers World Party front group organizing the antiwar rally on March 17, that their rally would be held “…at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Constitution Gardens)” has provoked a visceral reaction from U.S. veterans who are vowing not to let the anti-American left do to this generation of military men and women what was done to the Vietnam War generation.

Vietnam veterans COL Harry Riley, USA (Ret.), and CAPT Larry Bailey, USN (Ret.), are heading up “A Gathering of Eagles.” They have set a standard of lawful, non-violent, non-confrontational behavior for veterans gathering to protect The Wall.

Away from The Wall, veterans and other patriotic Americans will gather in permitted areas on Henry Bacon Drive and Constitution Avenue to voice their support for our troops and for victory in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the war on terror.

Website: http://www.gatheringofeagles.org

Source: A Gathering of Eagles