STONEWALK 2004: BOSTON, MA to NEW YORK, NY.
NEWS ARTICLES
09.11 The Independent
UK : The day my son didn't come home
"Men are idiots when it comes to grieving." Bob McIlvaine,
59, has a right to make such an assertion. Today marks the third
anniversary of the day two jetliners dropped from a blue Manhattan
sky and rammed the twin towers, sending them tumbling to the ground.
Left in the dust were the mangled and charred bodies of almost
3,000 people.
09.04 SUNDAY
HERALD, UK ‘We don’t want our loved ones who died in 9/11 used
as an an excuse to start war’
... The “Stonewalk” saw some 500 people, led by Jones, pulling
this hulk of granite along the same route that the planes which
crashed into the twin towers ...
08.30
DOVER SHERBORN PRESS - Peace Abbey members in New York too
NEW YORK -- While a raucous crowd of up to 250,000 protesters
marched past Madison Square Garden yesterday on the eve of the
Republican National Convention, Nick Kitchener napped on a bench
in Central Park. You would be tire... [more]
08.26 MILFORD
MIRROR, CT - Stonewalk passes through Milford
The Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Stonewalk passed
through Milford last Thursday during a 39-day journey from Boston
to New York City. ...
08.26
MILFORD MIRROR, CT - Walk softly and carry a big drum
... We got to the Orange firehouse at about 8 am The people in
charge of the Stonewalk did a short presentation explaining what
it was about. ...
08.26 THE
JOURNAL NEWS - White Plains Journal News, NY - Aug 26, 2004
... Cemetery in Washington, DC in 1999. That march inspired Peaceful
Tomorrows to do its own "Stonewalk.". Today, the group
will walk ...
08.25 IVORYTOWN
BEACON, CT From Boston to New York Pushing for peace
... 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows Stonewalk stopped in Orange
last Wednesday. ... Jones described the stone's background and
significance for the Stonewalk. ...
08.24 STAMFORD
ADVOCATE, CT: Rally issues call for peace
... War.". Civilian casualties constituted 80 percent of
the deaths in war during the 20th century, according to a Stonewalk
pamphlet. ...
08.24
GREENWICH TIME, CT: Road of protests runs through town
... Tomorrow, marchers taking part in the 39-day Stonewalk will
carry a 1,400-pound granite stone along the 7-mile stretch of
the Post Road from Stamford to Port ...
08.20 CONNECTICUT POST
- From Boston to New York: A 39-Day Grind to Promote Peace
To the casual observer, the group walking slowly along Route 1
in Milford and Stratford on Thursday appeared to be a small funeral
procession. In a way, it was.
08.16
NEW HAVEN REGISTER: Peace marchers cart huge stone memorial through
area , By Ann DeMatteo, North Bureau Chief : NORTH HAVEN —
There was nothing more that Dan Jones would rather do than to
walk with people to promote peace.
08.14 HARTFORD
COURANT: Moving Symbol Of War's Horrors, By JOSH KOVNER / Courant
Staff Writer : When the beautifully crafted wagon carrying
the stone memorial to civilian victims of war and terror had been
stowed for the night, Catherine Allison explained what drew her
to Stonewalk.
08.14
MIDDLETOWN PRESS: A walk for hope, peace, By AMY L. ZITKA , Middletown
Press Staff: MIDDLETOWN -- An entourage carrying large cardboard
doves on poles followed a group of people pushing a 1,400-pound
stone on a caisson across the Arrigoni Bridge from Portland on
a mission.
08.13
THE CHRONICLE: Team re-energises as trek heads west, By Sean O'Leary
- Chronicle Staff Writer: MARLBOROUGH — Dan Jones said he
needed to be “re-energized this morning.” Jones, of the Bronx,
N.Y., is one of many journeying from Boston to New York as part
of the “Stonewalk,” which completed a leg through eastern Connecticut
Thursday
08.13
THE CHRONICLE: Walk is cleansing process after loss of brother-in-law,
By Sean O'Leary - Chronicle Staff: MARLBOROUGH — Dan Jones
spent the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, in a Bronx, N.Y., high school,
speaking with his wife, Colleen Kelly, a fellow high school teacher,
about the tragedy that unfolded in front of their eyes.
08.12
THE CHRONICLE: Reynolds is on a new adventure, Matthew L. Brown
- Chronicle Staff Writer COLUMBIA — As an archaeologist living
in Albuquerque, N.M., David Reynolds spends countless hours sifting
through desert sands in the middle of nowhere searching for buried
signs of life.
08.12
THE CHRONICLE: Walk for peace can be an uphill struggle, Matthew
L. Brown - Chronicle Staff Writer COLUMBIA — Shoulders low,
feet stinging with each slow step, the procession honoring all
unknown civilians killed in war slowly labored toward New York,
still hundreds of miles away
08.12
MIDDLETOWN PRESS: Peace stone to arrive in city Friday , By SZYMON
TWAROG, Middletown Press Staff : MIDDLETOWN -- A stone symbolizing
all the unknown civilian casualties of war and terrorism will
make a stop in the city on Friday during its trip from Boston
to New York.
08.11
THE CHRONICLE: Woman honors her aunt, Christina Hall - Chronicle
Staff Writer : When Stonewalk participant Catherine Allison
learned of the terror attacks that September day in 2001, she
called her mother to make sure family members were accounted for
and safe.
08.11
THE CHRONICLE: Walkers find local support along the route, Christina
Hall - Chronicle Staff Writer: WILLIMANTIC When members of
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows arrived Tuesday
morning to journey through Willimantic to Columbia, they found
a small handwritten note attached to the blue tarp covering a
memorial to unknown casualties of war.
08.11 March
to recognize civilian war casualties, By Jarrett Murphy / Special
Correspondent: A funeral caisson is on its way to Stamford
and area towns, not to honor a noted personage but to remember
the civilian victims of military conflict.
08.09 Hope
For Peace Pulls Volunteers, By ROBIN STANSBURY, Courant Staff
Writer: DANIELSON -- Bruce Nichols said it was hard to describe
what drew him Sunday to the hilly streets of this northeastern
Connecticut town, where he spent the day sweating to help pull
a 5,000-pound vehicle carrying a granite gravestone in honor of
civilian casualties of war.
08.07 Stonewalk
for peace, By Michael Levenson, Globe Correspondent: Marchers
pulling granite slab to New York met with indifference, hope in
Rhode Island
08.06
Stone walk honors 9/11 victims - By GREG SMITH - Norwich Bulletin:
Stopping to catch her breath roadside in Foster, R.I., Dot
Walsh admitted that lugging a 1,400-pound granite stone is no
easy task.
08.05
Group pulling 2-ton memorial stone to New York - By Laura Crimaldi/CNC
Staff Writer: A community of strangers bound by an unwavering
commitment to peace braved the blistering heat last week to herald
a message of non-violence in a solemn "Stonewalk."
08.05
The (Stone) walk to peace goes through Sherborn By Michelle Apuzzio/Correspondent:
Peace groups journeying to NYC with memorial in tow
08.05 THE CALL
- Sept 11 Families Remember By ScottWeider/Woonsocket, RI:
MEMBERS OF THE STONEWALK project haul a trailer...
08.04 HARTFORD
COURANT - Activists To Cross State, Pulling For Peace, By JOSH
KOVNER, Courant Staff Writer: MIDDLETOWN -- Peace activists
pulling a 1,400-pound granite memorial to civilian casualties
of war from Boston to New York City will cross into Killingly
from Rhode Island on Saturday and reach the Middletown green on
Aug. 13.
08.03 9/11 victims'
families walk for peace By Brian Eastwood /News Staff Writer:
MILFORD -- A group of relatives of Sept. 11 victims were in Milford
yesterday, the latest stop on their walk from Boston to New York
City.
08.01
METROWEST DAILY NEWS - Taking a long walk toward peace: Victims
memorial starts its path to New York City - By Laura Crimaldi
: NATICK -- A community of strangers bound by an unwavering
commitment to peace braved the blistering heat yesterday to herald
a message of non-violence in a solemn "Stonewalk."
08.01
THE HERALD: The toll of war AMY L. ZITKA: Peace activists
and family members of victims killed in terrorist attacks will
be pushing and pulling a heavy burden to make people aware of
a lesser known toll of war -- the civilian cost.
07.31 9/11 PEOPLE'S
Weekly World Newspaper: Families Appeal for Peace and Justice:
Tim Wheeler: BOSTON – The families of the 3,000 people
who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack made a powerful
appeal for peace, justice, and understanding both inside and outside
the Democratic National Convention last week.
07.28
BOSTONCHANNEL.COM Peace Group Hauls War Memorial Across State
Families Of Sept. 11 Victims To End Walk In New York: BOSTON
-- A peace group that includes relatives of Sept. 11, 2001, victims
is dragging a 1,400-pound granite memorial to civilians killed
in war from Boston to New York, the sites of the Democrat and
Republican conventions.
07.28 ASSOCIATED
PRESS, Adam Gorlick: Sept. 11 families, supporters take their
burden on the road. BOSTON -- They hit the road Wednesday with
little fanfare, and their burden was heavy -- 1,400 pounds to
be exact.
07.25 Walk pushes
peace and a giant stone By Theresa Edo / News Staff Write: The
solemn "Stonewalk" memorial will roll through MetroWest
and the Milford area this week in what organizers say is a unique
witness to the reality of war.
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