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Written by Scott Rowley
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 08:59 |
 Today is THE day folks, will you help shape America? Voting is something that not everyone in the world is even ALLOWED to do. This Iraqi woman shows how overjoyed she is to vote (likely for the first time in her LIFE). Iraqis were told it would be safest for them if they hid their finger after casting their vote as the purple die is blatantly obvious and could ultimately get them tortured or killed, women most especially. Time and time again they proudly held up their hands as if to say to all of Iraq, the middle east and to the world "I VOTED". Will you throw away your POWER and RIGHT to vote?
Scott Rowley
IASSAR Webmaster
Chapter President
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 04 November 2008 11:08 |
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Written by Scott Rowley
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 12:11 |
 Compatriots,
Now is our chance to see some soldiers off for their SECOND deployment overseas! Lets get out there and show our support! There is a wide range of cities were ceremonies are being held so we should be able to have alot of people be able to attend a local event.
Ceremonies will be held in five Iowa cities (Aubudon, Iowa City, Mason City, Perry and Marshalltown) on October 30th for about 310 members of the Iowa Army National Guard who are being deployed to Iraq.
The soldiers are with the 1133rd and 1168th Transportation Companies. Both served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.
These soldiers will report to Fort Bliss, Texas, for additional training before being sent overseas.
Ceremonies include:
• Iowa City – Detachment 1, 1133rd Transportation Company (approximately 25 soldiers); sendoff at 4:30 p.m., Regina
High School gymnasium, 2150 Rochester Ave.
• Aububon – Detachment 2, 1168th Transportation Company (approximately 65 soldiers); sendoff at 4 p.m., Audubon High
School gymnasium, 800 3rd Ave.
• Mason City – 1133rd Transportation Company (approximately 115 soldiers); sendoff at 6 p.m., Mason City High School
gymnasium, 1700 4th St. SE.
• Perry – 1168th Transportation Company (approximately 65 soldiers); sendoff at 7:30 p.m., Perry High School
gymnasium, 1200 18th St.
• Marshalltown – Detachment 1, 1168th Transportation Company (approximately 40 soldiers); sendoff at 7:30 p.m.,
Marshalltown Community College gymnasium, 3700 S. Center St.
Please see this link for original story and picture information regarding locations.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 08:39 |
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Written by Mike Rowley
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Monday, 20 October 2008 08:22 |
IASSAR Compatriots and others,
I have been requested to invite all of you to a brief Flag retirement
ceremony on Nov. 1st at 2:30 pm [at Beaverdale Park, Des Moines Iowa]. This program is being done by a local CAR
member with assistance from the DAR. If you are able to attend I think you
would enjoy it. Feel free to pass this on to others.
If you have any flags of any size the need retiring please bring them
along.
Mike Rowley
President, IASSAR |
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Last Updated on Monday, 20 October 2008 08:26 |
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Wreaths Across America 2008 |
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Written by Fran Keith
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Monday, 13 October 2008 14:27 |
Dear Compatriots,
This year IASSAR received a "Partners in Patriotism" Award at the NSSAR
Congress. The Award was given for IASSAR participation in the "Wreaths
Across America" program in 2007. Actually only two of us participated,
Mike Rowley and myself and our roll was minimal.
The Jean Marie Cardinal Chapter of DAR were the ones who did the work.
See photos from 2007 on our website.
This is a national movement to decorate veterans graves across America
with fresh evergreen wreaths just before Christmas. There are 286
locations, including 4 in Iowa (but not including the first time effort
in Des Moines by DAR last year) where veterans graves were decorated
last year. There were 32,553 wreaths placed on veterans graves
This year the ceremony will be on Saturday Dec. 13 at 12:00 PM EST
--11:00 AM, Iowa time
My strong belief and recommendation to the BOM is to join this movement.
To begin, I urge each of you to open the website: Wreaths Across
America.Org and read what is happening. There is a veterans cemetery in
Woodland and Glendale cemeteries in Des Moines and probably more I do not
know about.
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Written by Scott Rowley
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 16:49 |
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Two recent articles (August 2008) have been added to the news section. Go check'em out! |
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