— 9:15 pm — WASHINGTON — CHECKING IN WITH VETERANS FOR PEACE PRESIDENT ELLIOTT ADAMS, ONE OF FIVE VETS OCCUPYING THE LEDGE 35-FEET UP ON THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING.

Regarding exchanges with authorities Elliott reports, “We’ve had a few more proposals of the ‘great deal’ we could get if we’d just get off the damn ledge. We respectfully declined.”

Plans for the night? “We’re on the ledge trying to settle down. We’ve got lights on the banner. We’ve setup five two-hour watches so we’ll have somebody on watch all night, we brought up sleeping pads and space blankets.” Elliott reported a steady stroll of curious onlookers and folks on the ground handing out flyers.

He continued, “The Archive guards have mounted a watch on us to make sure we don’t do… whatever... but, the other police forces have shown up periodically. It was pretty funny, for a long time they were trying to figure out who had jurisdiction. One group would come and they’d leave and then another group would come with their sirens going and they’d leave. It caused some kind of conundrum where the DC police didn’t think they had jurisdiction because it was Federal property, but the Archives doesn’t have a contract with the Federal police...”

Asked what he anticipates will happen when/if they descend tomorrow morning, Adams was unsure. — Click the pic to read the rest & see 2 videos! —

"I have no idea. We can’t figure that out. Part of it depends on the shift changes. This morning it was the Archives people that were wanting to get us arrested and the DC Police were like ‘I don’t know…’ This evening the Archive guy was real nice and trying to talk us into leaving." Apparently, Mr. Archive indicated to the veterans that with the shift change of the DC Police, things might not go as smoothly.

Sounds like a lot of good cop/bad cop games going on. Stay tuned and please leave a comment so these courageous men and women know we’ve got their back. If you are in the area and can stop by early a.m. to offer some moral support, even better.

5:30 PM UPDATE by Mike Ferner of Veterans for Peace
Eight hours into their occupation of the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., Veterans For Peace members report they have called all 40 members of the House Committee on the Judiciary, urging them to actively support impeachment hearings.

Elliott Adams, president of VFP and one of the four veterans perched on a 35-foot ledge in front of the Archives Building, said, "We called the pro-impeachment members of the Committee to give them a shot in the arm and let them know people are still very interested in impeachment hearings, and we called the rest of them to say, 'Look, the Democratic and Republican conventions are over. Let's cut the bullshit and get back on track doing your job.'" The veterans plan on maintaining their fast and occupation for 24 hours, until 8:00 am tomorrow.