Demonstration to Close Guantánamo!
Friday, January 11, 2008
12 noon
Demonstration begins in front of the Federal Courthouse, 6th & Market Streets, Philadelphia
January 11, 2008, marks the six year anniversary of the first arrival of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. Join the the Nationwide Day of Action to Close Guantánamo!
The demonstration in support of the closure of Guantánamo. The demonstration will begin with a vigil in front of the Federal Courthouse, 6th & Market Sts., where the names of Guantánamo prisoners will be read while people chained together wearing black hoods and orange jump suits will stand. The "prisoners" will then will be "pulled" in a procession with banners, signs, and bell-tolling through the historic district of Philadephia, past the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and concluding in front of the National Constitution Center.
Co-sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community and the ACLU of Pennsylvania.