National Impeachment Marchers Reach East Coast

Hagerstown MD, -- Three marchers who have walked as far as 1,700 miles in their journey to Washington, D.C., to demand impeachment, arrived in Maryland today on Rte. 16. Three students merged together into one walk against the war and any leader who supports it. As they crossed over the border, facing 105 degree heat on the blacktop, other locals joined them in their march.

Mario Penalver stated, "We are waiting for a convenient time to deal with our nation's injustice and that is the very reason why we are not dealing with that injustice at all. We are held hostage by waiting. Until we realize that injustice is a never-ending shackle of "tomorrow," this war in Iraq and the military complex that supports it will always be."

Mario Penalver, a University of Chicago student, is not waiting for the politicians. With a deep belief in the American people, he started his march through hostile red states, talking as one midwesterner to another.

Gordy Heuer of Pittsboro, North Carolina, heard of the march from his father, John Heuer. Watching his town devastated by lack of social services and abundant unemployment, Gordy decided he needed to take a stand against the cost of the war at home. Gordy stated, "We are building bombs and war machines instead of taking care of our own people."

Elliott Nesch, founder of Beit Shalom Ministries, has walked the furthest, starting in Denver, CO, on March 1st, 2007. "As a man of faith, I set out on this 1,700 mile journey to talk with other Christians." Not understanding how Christians can support war, he is hoping to convince other ministers to start teaching the words of Jesus and not condon the Bush administrations words of war.

They will be traveling through large and small towns of Maryland to talk and march with locals across Maryland. Hagerstown, Thurmont, Fredrick are just a few places they will be walking through. They hope to educate, discuss and enlighten people and media about the issues of war and the duty of Americans to participate in their democracy.

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