Sixteen Candles for Soldiers Photos

"Sixteen Candles for Soldiers" went really well. The lots of local media came out to cover it and Mother Jones Magazine sent a reporter down to cover it also. It was covered in the Montgomery Advertiser and the local news stations also did stories on it. We got our message across which was the most important part. We went from 4pm to about 9pm and because it was so long people came and went but after counting all those who showed up we had about 100 come including an Iraq war Veteran. All the musicians were AWESOME and it really looked amazing at the State Capitol Building. We had a candle light vigil that included Ian Rhett singing the national anthem and us remembering the fallen soldiers by lighting candles in their honor. I also recieved emails from people across the country saying that they were going to light candles Saturday night and place them on their front porches to also honor the fallen. Thanks so all those who came out and all the musicians who played. It really means a lot to me and to the peace movement. Thanks ya'll!


The Agency -














Coyote Wandering -




Sound System Gravitas -










Ian Rhett -








Rachal Furr -




Stanley Adkins -






Jim Trapp -




Maggie Louie -






Beginning the Vigil -








Group shot of me and my family with the musicians who performed -




Chatting with The Agency after their performance(i'm the chick in cammo ;) ) -






I'll have more photos soon. These were all taken by my brother on his camera. Thanks Gordy!!! ;)

Thanks for sharing the pictures. Can't wait to see more. In case I never told you, :yourock: !!!!!

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Great pictures Ava. Happy Birthday Ava!

Tell Jim hi from me. He is one of my faves. Neat neat guy.

he's awesome and i really appreciate him and stanley coming out!

awesome photos Ava...thanx for sharing !!

:hi:

my brother is a great photographer :hi:

In putting this event together.

we had a really short amount of time to get it done but i think we pulled it off pretty well ;)

You should be very proud of your work!! :hug:

i couldn't have had a better birthday

I'm real good at cursing the darkness of our political circumstances. You light candles.

I think you will always be my hero. :pals:

:hug: :pals:

I think that's the country singer who sings "I Break For Brunettes", Love that song!

Thanks for your hard work Ava and Happy Belated Birthday.

Dap

but he is well known for his "didn't know i was unamerican" song.

http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/

Close but no cigar for me.

Thanks for standing for what you believe in Ava!

Dap

and thanks :hi:

Good to hear it is going so well - is the Montgomery Advertiser that largish paper you were talking about?

the montgomery advertiser is a large alabama paper that goes out all over the state :hi:

(And I suspect you are happy for yourself too but that is another matter :rofl:)

thanks ;)

When you do things you do 'em up right

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