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March 26, 2003, 10:04 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82177,00.html
Yellow Ribbons Reappear as War Intensifies
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Sales are booming for yellow ribbons, as people across the nation are reviving the traditional show of hope for American combat troops' safe return, retailers and manufacturers said Tuesday.
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"Every tree, every sapling, every light pole have yellow ribbons on them," said James "Jet" Truman Jr., mayor of Valley Center, Kan., whose store ran out of them in short order
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University students in Berkeley, Calif., passed out ribbons during weekend war protests; nearly 100 people decorated the main thoroughfare with yellow ribbons in Saint Clair, about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia; and Wal-Mart employees in Council Bluffs, Iowa, spent a recent lunch break tying yellow ribbons on every tree in a downtown park.
Yellow Ribbons Reappear as War Intensifies
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Sales are booming for yellow ribbons, as people across the nation are reviving the traditional show of hope for American combat troops' safe return, retailers and manufacturers said Tuesday.
...
"Every tree, every sapling, every light pole have yellow ribbons on them," said James "Jet" Truman Jr., mayor of Valley Center, Kan., whose store ran out of them in short order
...
University students in Berkeley, Calif., passed out ribbons during weekend war protests; nearly 100 people decorated the main thoroughfare with yellow ribbons in Saint Clair, about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia; and Wal-Mart employees in Council Bluffs, Iowa, spent a recent lunch break tying yellow ribbons on every tree in a downtown park.