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~ Tere ee he he Ber .citisens and (riends, . 200 pears gs a brave revolutionary woman s our flag thet we honor on dune lth, The flag Betsy Ross designed was to national ensign for a new and promising naticn, free of religious and poli persecution, In thé years following the American Revolution, parts of whic fought in our community, this flag represented freedom from tyranny and the beginnings of a democratic society unequalled in history. Today, some of us‘are beginning to fear a new tyranny that hides behir flag designed 200 years aco, Greed for wealth, yower and control seem to t notivetion for fighting new wars, In the neme of bringing "PEACE" and "FRE to Vietnam, the lives of 50,COO American men have been lost. Over THREE Mi Indochinese nave been killed, wourded or made refugees, 3,OCCTONS cf bombs dropped each day, In one week 24,000 TONS of tombs are dropped creating ar additional 10,000 killed or wounded Vietnamese people) This weekly average equivalent to the blast at Eiroshima; every minuge an average of two tons o bombs are dropped, These actions have brought neither peace ner freedom, goverment supported by the U,5, in Southern Vietnam remains corrupt and ha suspended most of the civil liberties of the people reled by Nguyen Van Thi Th this country more than 73% of the people want an immediate end to tl wasteful war, yet the President still increases the bombings, Rromising a “Ceneretion of Peace" and economic stability, he has only made the economy 1 Gependent on the war which increases the cost of living and increases devas in Southeast Asia, Because cf the goverrment's priority of cpending on the war; health cere, child care y and environmertr.2 prejects go unfunded or are drastically slashed, Many of us in this coumunity are forced, by economie necessity -to work at war related jobs (no other ones are available). Althon against the war, we are tied to it. This is the new tryanny~-a denial of freedom of choicel] : a Monrnouth . County lot Blocks CONTIBLING | SUNDAY: COMMUNITY PIC