/Users/tomgibbons/Desktop/Chicago Boat Shows.WMV "Chicago Stands With Aung San Suu Kyi and For The Cause Of Burmese Freedom" For the Lady - Free Burma! (Chicago: July 26, 2005) Burmese democracy activists in Chicago, IL willjoin one of the city's biggest events on Saturday, July 30, the Venetian Night Boat Parade on Lake Michigan. Four Burmese democracy activists,Thein Moe, Ma Cherry, Mar Mar Linn, and Nay Min Tar will be aboard a yacht named, "The Way," captained by Mr. Tom Gibbons. "The Way" will be carrying the heart and spirit of the 50 million people of Burma on Saturday night. Chicago's Venetian Night boat parade will resonate with a sad moment in Burma's recent history, what's known to many Burmese as the "Red Bridge" Incident. Inya Lake's White Bridge was turned red by the blood of non-violent student demonstrators in March 1988, when they were cornered, beaten, raped, and drowned on the bridge and in the waters of Inya Lake in Burma's capital, Rangoon, by the riot police. The Burmese democracy activists will display images of freedom and of Aung San Suu Kyi, affectionately called, 'The Lady,' and the world's onlyimprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is considered a living emblem of freedom to the Burmese and many others in the world, on par with Mahatma Gandhi of India and Nelson Mandela of South Africa. Activists will demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners. Aung San Suu Kyi has spent the majority of the past 16 years under house arrest by Burma's brutal military dictators for her pro-democracy activities. They hope to raise awareness of Burma's struggle and encourage Burma's military regime, one of the world's worst human rights abusers, to acknowledge the results of national democratic elections in 1990 in which Aung San Suu Kyi's party, National League for Democracy (NLD), won a landslide victory and to engage in a true and meaningful dialogue with the NLD and the ethnic nationalities, for national reconciliation and democratization in Burma. Nay Min Tar , US Campaign for Burma.