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     | March 20:Show Them Why You Are Marching —
 and  Make Some Noise!
   
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  In just days, we will be taking to the  streets! We are hearing from people all over the country who are coming  to bring their message to D.C., and we want to share with you some of  the plans and ways that you can make an important contribution to the  impact of the March 20 National March on Washington to demand "U.S. Out  of Afghanistan and Iraq Now!"
 Visual Impact
 As always, there will be thousands of  printed and handmade signs. We will also be making hundreds of coffins  with flags representing the multinational victims of U.S. wars of  aggression, and many people are bringing coffins that they are making  themselves. You can help make and carry coffins in the march by arriving  at Lafayette Park between 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
  Many people are bringing photographs  showing Afghan and Iraqi victims of war. Others who have family members  and friends who have been killed or injured in Afghanistan or Iraq are  bringing photographs to represent their loss. The human cost of war, for  all the numbers, is ultimately immeasurable. We urge people to join in  this representation.
 Students facing tuition hikes and  cutbacks, workers who have been laid-off from their jobs, people without  health care and facing foreclosure or eviction, or others feeling the  domestic impact of the war are bringing some visual representation of  their struggles. This may be in the form of a handmade sign, or it may  be another type of creative visual representation.
  You can also bring visuals that are  specific to the stops on the march. We will be marching from the White  House to the offices of Halliburton, Washington Post, Mortgage Bankers  Association of America, National Endowment for Democracy and the U.S.  Department of Veterans Affairs.
 For example, Cheney puppets would be  great to have when we go to Halliburton. You might want to bring a copy  of the Washington Post to return to their doorstep since it’s  functioning as pro-war propaganda rather than real news. Think about  each stop and be creative!
 Be Seen AND Be Heard
 We’ll have speakers on the rally and  march, and of course we’ll be chanting. We also want to have as  many drums as possible, so we are encouraging everyone who can to bring a  drum (or a bucket or other implement on which you can drum).  The drums should have straps so you can hold them while at the rally and  on the march.
 If you are not able to bring anything,  don't worry. You can pick up a sign when you arrive.
    | Here are a few things you can bring | 
  | Handmade sign with a sloganCoffinPhotograph of Afghan or Iraqi victim of warPhotograph of a family member or friend who has been killed or  injured in Afghanistan or IraqVisual representation of the domestic cost of warSpecific visuals for the stops on the marchDrums or drumming implement (with straps so you can hold it)
 Click here  to let us know what you can bring. | 
  
 Click here  for additional details about the march.
 Please make an urgently needed donation to  support our March 20 student travel fund! 
 Make a generous  donation to help high school students travel to Washington D.C. for the  March on Washington. It costs a lot for  organizations to rent buses and for individuals to buy tickets to come  to Washington, D.C. We are setting up a scholarship fund to help cover  the transportation costs for high school students. How much we can  provide will be based on how much we raise. Please click here to make a  generous donation and help a new generation of activists take their  place in today's anti-war movement.
 More information about March 20 is  available at www.AnswerCoalition.org.  
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