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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/03/01/veterans-burn-uniforms-solidarity-airman-who-died-after-setting-himself-fire-protest-gaza-war.html
Veteran protesters in Portland, Oregon, set their military uniforms on fire Wednesday in memoriam of Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation on the steps of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25 in protest of the war in Gaza.
A video that was widely shared on social media Feb. 28 showed a number of protesters in front of a sign that read, "Veterans Say: Free Palestine! Remember Aaron Bushnell" as they put their uniforms in a metal drum and set them on fire.
"Aaron wore his uniform as he took that act, that ultimate sacrifice," Matt Howard, a Marine Corps veteran and board member with About Face, the group behind the vigil, told Military.com. "There's obviously an intentional decision that he made, and I think similarly, folks, our members and other veterans that participated, felt really strongly that that symbolism is important."
Veteran protesters in Portland, Oregon, set their military uniforms on fire Wednesday in memoriam of Senior Airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation on the steps of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25 in protest of the war in Gaza.
A video that was widely shared on social media Feb. 28 showed a number of protesters in front of a sign that read, "Veterans Say: Free Palestine! Remember Aaron Bushnell" as they put their uniforms in a metal drum and set them on fire.
"Aaron wore his uniform as he took that act, that ultimate sacrifice," Matt Howard, a Marine Corps veteran and board member with About Face, the group behind the vigil, told Military.com. "There's obviously an intentional decision that he made, and I think similarly, folks, our members and other veterans that participated, felt really strongly that that symbolism is important."
