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The Ashes on the Lawn

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The Power of Axes

David was sitting in their San Francisco apartment alone with a box of Warren's ashes. The inside was just the plastic bag with the ashes and bone chips. Eventually he decided that he needed to use what was left of Warren's body to make people pay attention. David, in about 150 other people, many of the members of ACT UP, met in DC right in front of the Capitol. They started marching down the path along the DC Mall. And as they marched, they started to chant. We're bringing our dead to your door. We won't take it anymore.

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