Dedication of Sgt. Stewart's Plaque with Pentacle
December 2, 2006

Selena read aloud these remarks from the mother of Wiccan solider, PFC Stephen P. Snowberger III, who was killed in Iraq this year:

"I refuse to put one of the 38 emblems on the list on a VA marker for my son -- they do not represent his religion! And, I refuse to omit an emblem of belief. Until the VA approves the addition of the Pentacle to its list, I have no other choice than to let my son's life, service, and sacrifice go unmarked by a VA memorial plaque. My son believed in Freedom. He fought for Freedom. He died for Freedom in the war known as Operation Iraqi Freedom. But where is Freedom for him? Why is the VA refusing to uphold the Constitution? How much longer will the VA deny American Freedoms for my son and other Wiccan veterans?"