Monday, March 13, 2006

Honoring the victims of the 1983 Beirut Terrorist Attack

I was only 5 when this horrific event took place, it would be many years before I understood the impact of that day.241 heroes were lost in a dispicable act of terror. They deserve nothing less than honor and respect.......Please read this, at the bottom there is a link to sign the petition for the memorial stamp, Please take a minute and sign it, this is important to the families, therefore it should be important to us all. In just over two years from now, the 25th anniversary of that tragedy will be upon us. For 19 years, The Beirut Stamp Initiative, comprised of Gold Star Families, has been petitioning the US Congress, and the USPS Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to commission a stamp memorializing the deaths of our troops on that fateful day in 1983. The submission has repeatedly been rejected, and one of the reasons cited is. quite frankly, an outrage. We try hard to honor positive things People want non-controversial pretty stamps Beirut lacked significance in American history and not enough people were killed * "Beirut lacked significance in American history and not enough people were killed " How disgusting to say that 241 men murdered lacked significance and not enough people were killed...An outrage to say the least.
http://www.beirutstamp.com/petition/index.html (Last I checked the total number of signers was 9228,please lets keeep it going)

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice site

peace
steve

10:01 AM  
Blogger cam said...

Signed the petition Bridget.

10:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice site Bridget. Keep up the good work. Also nice pic of you.

PoPs

1:46 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bridget,
I was there. Thanx for the support - read your blog & have seen your posts on HistoryChannel forum - Thanx for ALL the support!

We may do it for everyone; but we're GLAD to do it for people like you. SGT0311USMC

4:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's a neat idea to rekindle the flame of memory for these fallen soldiers, Bridget.

You can raise the number of peacekeepers killed in Beirut this sad day to 298, as 57 French paratroopers deployed along their American brother-in-arms were killed when their HQ was attacked by a truck bomb.

1:45 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi! Just want to say what a nice site. Bye, see you soon.
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1:08 PM  

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