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DIVIDED WE STAND: When both your children die because of war
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Tuesday, January 24, 2012. When both your children die because of war. I haven't written on the blog for a long time. War is hell! And to the military families it's worse then hell. Brian, Alex brother killed himself on December 19, 2011. The loss of Alex was too much. The troops were coming but not Alex because he was KIA in 2004. It doesn't matter how much time has passes the loss was too much for Brian. Brian Arredondo, 24; troubled by brother’s death, father’s trauma. 8220;When ...
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DIVIDED WE STAND: Carlos on this anniversary authorizing the Iraq invasion
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Sunday, October 12, 2008. Carlos on this anniversary authorizing the Iraq invasion. Antiwar activists gather on Common. Mark anniversary of vote authorizing the Iraq invasion. As a father it is my responsibility to honor my son, to let people know how I feel about it," Arredondo, 48, of Roslindale, said as he gazed at his son's 20-year-old face staring out from poster-size photographs hanging at his booth. "That's how wonderful the democracy in this country [is] - why we are all...
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DIVIDED WE STAND: How a Gold Star Family Spends Memorial day
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Friday, May 30, 2008. How a Gold Star Family Spends Memorial day. We remember - Family Honors the Dead for Third year in Boston. It's a family effort. Brian, Carlos, and I this year dedicated ourselves on both Sunday May 25th and Monday 26th of 2008 to remember those who have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Brian, Alex's younger brother, greeted many people this weekend as they approached, offered a handshake and answered questions about the display. Now at 21, I watched hi...
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DIVIDED WE STAND: Viedo of Carlos Arredondo and why he shares Alex with you
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Sunday, September 16, 2007. Viedo of Carlos Arredondo and why he shares Alex with you. Video I found of my neighbor Carlos. He talks about the day he set fire to the van. A day I will never forget. You can still see the burn marks in our road. May peace be inside all of us,. Carlos Arredondo Beat up at the DC protest by the . Viedo of Carlos Arredondo and why he shares Alex w. Carlos Arredondo at DC antiwar protest yesterday. Carlos Arredondo in DC with the mean and nasty peo.
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DIVIDED WE STAND: And the wars go on … by Mélida Arredondo
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Sunday, August 10, 2008. And the wars go on … by Mélida Arredondo. And the wars go on … by Mélida Arredondo. First of all, I’m tired of labels, labels, labels: Gold star, blue star, military family. We’re a Hispanic, Latino, white, immigrant family who had one child killed in Iraq. Have another son considering the military and a nephew currently fighting in Afghanistan. Who cares what the terms or definitions are? Life will never been the same. Peace is not just a quiet moment to me.
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DIVIDED WE STAND: Arriving at the Mountain Top
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Arriving at the Mountain Top. I can't let this day go by without saying. I feel like I'm awaiting the birth of a new child. Not knowing what the birth will bring. Only knowing our lives will be changing with this birth and knowing in my heart, like a new parent, there will be hard work to be done but the joy of the birth is indescribable. ENJOY YOUR MOMENTS TODAY! We have arrived at the Mountain Top. Arriving at the Mountain Top. And the Wars Go On.
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DIVIDED WE STAND: Carlos protesting Bush in Maine
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Tuesday, August 05, 2008. Carlos protesting Bush in Maine. Anti-war protesters target Bush in Maine. By David Sharp / Associated Press. KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — The scene played out Saturday for what could be the last time: a sitting president visited Walker's Point, tourists held out hope of getting a glimpse of the president, and a group of noisy protesters paraded through the heart of town. And "Jail to the Chief! As tourists in this seaside community paused to gawk. The noisy marc...
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DIVIDED WE STAND: RIP Alex KIA in Iraq - His death brings action
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Monday, August 25, 2008. RIP Alex KIA in Iraq - His death brings action. August 25, 2004. 4 years ago my friends Carlos and Melida Arredondo. Received the news that their son, Alex who was 20 yrs old, had died while serving his second tour in Iraq. It was Carlos birthday, it is his birthday today. A death of a child can make parents do things they wouldn’t otherwise do. With Alex’s death came action for a better tomorrow.Alex lives on through me, through his family and peo...Alex jo...
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DIVIDED WE STAND
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Friday, April 18, 2008. In the next couple of weeks, Congress will vote on whether to provide the Bush administration with more than a hundred billion dollars MORE for the war. Five years is five years too many and the projected three TRILLION dollar price tag for the war in Iraq is three trillion dollars too much! Click here to sign the letter: http:/ www.unitedforpeace.org/openletter. The signatures on this petition will be forwarded to Congress on Monday, April 21.
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DIVIDED WE STAND: Remember Us - Documentary tells of war families' pain
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HAVE'S Vs HAVE NOT'S. Saturday, November 10, 2007. Remember Us - Documentary tells of war families' pain. By John R. Ellement. November 10, 2007. Carlos Arrendondo's pain and the life and death of his Marine son, Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo, are not part of a new documentary about families from New England that lost loved ones in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. No matter what their position is on the war, we have the same pain," he said. In opening remarks, Balboni said he is a Vietnam-era veteran ...