Crowds gather across U.S. to rally for troops
‘It has nothing to do with war,’ say organizers of Operation America Rising
OKLAHOMA CITY - With a son-in-law in Iraq and a son who served in Afghanistan, Kathy Johnston says she wants to make sure her five grandchildren know it’s important to support U.S. troops, no matter how they feel about the war.

That’s why she, her daughter and daughter-in-law took them Saturday afternoon to the Oklahoma version of Operation America Rising, a nationwide event touted as a nonpartisan way to express appreciation for the job that U.S. soldiers are doing.

“Her husband wants to be here (at home),” Johnston said, motioning toward her daughter-in-law, Melissa Morning of Fort Bragg, N.C. “But he knows what he is doing is right.