Stonewalk USA 1999


	Stonewalk 1999 USA Stonewalk left Sherborn, MA on July 10, 1999 with five core participants who walked the entire 500 miles and over 100 volunteer "Stonewalkers" who walked it through the first town. Core member Simon Augustine, an intern from Harvard Divinity School joked, "We're gonna get to know each other more than we ever wanted to." Mission Statement Schedule and Route Frequently Asked Questions Arlington Memorial Bridge Address Harvard Field Education Report Articles about Stonewalk 1999 Daily Reports -July 25,1999 -July 27,1999 -July 29,1999 -August 6,1999 The Stonewalk Documentary Film Website Listen to Stonewalk 99 audio

STONEWALK USA 1999: SHERBORN, MA to ARLINGTON, VA
PRESS ARTICLES

THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE: REMEMBERING CIVILIANS: People will pull war memorial stone from Massachusetts to Washington. By Jane Cadarette - Sunday, May 31, 1999

THE WASHINGTON POST: Casting Their Stone for Peace Walkers Hoping To Leave Token At Arlington By Linda Wheeler Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, August 5, 1999

THE WASHINGTON POST: Memorial Stone Rolls Into D.C. Tribute to War's Civilian Losses Heads Toward Cemetery By Linda Wheeler Washington Post Staff Writer - Friday, August 6, 1999

THE BOSTON GLOBE: Civilian war memorial impounded at 'Stonewalk' rally in Washington - By Associated Press, 08/07/99; WASHINGTON - A memorial to civilian war victims stopped short of its intended resting place yesterday after police impounded the 2,000-pound tombstone during a rally near Arlington National Cemetery.

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: A War Monument for Slain Civilians By John Grant: It's quite a sight: A dozen people, huffing and puffing like oxen along the roadway in a hand-grip yoke arrangement as they pull a 15-foot-long caisson on rubber tires, its cargo a 2,000-pound granite memorial stone carved with the words, "Unknown civilians killed in war."

ASSOCIATED PRESS: WASHINGTON - Volunteers lugging a 2,000-pound memorial to civilian war victims have reached their destination - the nation's capital - after a six-state odyssey. But today they stopped short of their target - Arlington National Cemetery.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Peace marchers heading to U.N. and Arlington By Joelle Fishman, AP - When the Stonewalk pulls into United Nations Plaza for a 24-hour vigil this weekend, thousands of people will already have helped pull the one-ton memorial inscribed to Unknown Civilians Killed in War.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Activists' Memorial Stone Impounded - Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Volunteers lugging a 2,000-pound memorial to civilian war victims have reached their destination - the nation's capital - after a six-state odyssey. But today they stopped short of their target - Arlington National Cemetery.