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[SBD]

What in the world are they thinking??? Just when I thought we cleaned out our backyard, new weeds start to sprout.

Edited at authors request

Canada Plans Draft-Dodger Monument
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,132971,00.html

NELSON, British Columbia — After burning their draft cards during the Vietnam War, tens of thousands of Americans avoided jail by fleeing to Canada.

Many settled in the small town of Nelson, British Columbia (search), just across the Washington state border. Now, 30 years later, the mayor of Nelson and some other Canadians are planning to honor the draft dodgers with a two-day festival and a larger-than-life monument depicting a Canadian helping two scared American men.

Though the festival and statue unveiling are still two years away, the war of words is just beginning.

Veterans of Foreign Wars (search) leaders are outraged by the monument, as are others in the United States who see the plan as a slap in the face. Some have written to Nelson officials to say they’ll never visit the town again.

The Canadian government did nothing to discourage Americans from heading north of the border so many years ago. In fact, then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (search) rolled out the red carpet, saying the draft dodgers had his complete sympathy.

A monument honoring draft dodgers will be based on this model.



How Pathetic,

SBD

[LewWaters]

This has been posted quite a bit this past week, so I am locking this thread. However, yours is the first to show a picture of it.

http://www2.swiftvets.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10013&highlight=nelson+canada

Also, please remember that it is the community of Nelson Canada doing this, not all of Canada. I imagine there are several Canadians that are as displeased over this as we are.


Also moving to Geedunk.
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