FUN & FAMILY ACTIVITIES Take advantage of the Labor Day weekend to enjoy a family vacation the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Listed below are just a few fun activities for your family: IN FORT WORTH Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, Special exhibit "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination" Omni Theater & Noble Planetarium National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame Fort Worth Zoo the Fort Worth Herd or the Log Cabin Village Fort Worth Water Gardens and the Botanic Garden Kimbell Art Museum, Special exhibit "The Mirror & the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso" Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, www.themodern.org, Special exhibit "Ron Mueck" Amon Carter Museum and the Sid Richardson Museum NEARBY ARLINGTON RECREATION - From Six Flags over Texas, picknicking in public parks to Texas Rangers baseball games, there is plenty going on every weekend throughout the area MCKINNEY - Check out the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Santuary DALLAS - Visit the African American Museum or in MESQUITE - Visit the rodeo, every Friday and Saturday Night. Taylor Hicks is playing on Friday in Dallas at the House of Blues

watch for updates here New family activities added Flying to Fort Worth The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) airport is the largest in Texas with plenty of low cost and direct flights from around Texas and the country. Housing Some dormitory-style accomodations are available at the Catholic Renewal Center and the Best Western, just east of downtown. If you need housing, or have housing that you are willing to share, please contact: charliej@texansforpeace.org Convenient Hotels Best Western Courtyard Marriot Embassy Suites Hilton ParkCentral

MAPS (click to enlarge) Downtown Fort Worth Parking - Downtown There is usually ample parking in downtown Fort Worth on weekends. However, due to activities at the convention center, some garages may fill up early on September 1. Look for the FREE parking signs in the Sundance Square area around 3rd Street.   Dallas Area Getting There - Mass Transit Folks coming from Dallas are encourage to take the Trinity Railway Express, which has a station within 2 blocks of the Rally and runs every 90 minutes on Saturday (see schedule). If you are coming from the DFW Airport, you can also take a shuttle to the Trinity Railway Express.

The Intermodal Transportation Center, the Rally site at Main & 8th Streets & The Pour House Restaurant/Bar at 209 W. 5th St. are all very close & in walking distance of each other. Volunteers will meet the Peace Train (TRE train # 2969) that arrives at the ITC at 12:24 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 1st. Other Public Transportation to and in Fort Worth DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport) Airporter, Yellow Checker Shuttle Co. Car Rental Companies, All of the following modes of transportation connect at the downtown ITC (Intermodal Transportation Center), 1001 Jones St., F.W. 76102 Airport Super Shuttle, Amtrak, Trinity Railway Express (TRE) Greyhound Bus Company Fort Worth City Bus Service known as "The T" Taxi, Yellow Checker Cab