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Hundreds Call For End of War, Racism
Monday, November 12, 2001
(12:00 AM)
By Daryl Bell / San Antonio Express-News

Rueben Rodriguez thought he'd spend a quiet Sunday afternoon at Milam Park reading a book and watching his beloved Dallas Cowboys play the Atlanta Falcons on his portable television.

But the former Marine soon found himself closing his paperback and turning down the sound in favor of something else — watching a good, old-fashioned peace rally at Plaza del Zacate.

"I love my Cowboys but it's kind of hard to watch them with all of this going on," the 52-year-old Vietnam veteran said. "I love this country and fought for this country. I guess I fought so that these people would have the right to say what they're saying."
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