the federal buildings, but they also got to read the constantly repeated admonition, "This will be done for defensive purposes only." The jury determined that their goal was to protect the rights of the protesters, and they found the eight men not guilty. In Camil's words, "We had no conspiracy to disrupt the convention. Our conspiracy, if you want to call it that, was to go down to the convention and exercise our Constitutional rights as citizens and to defend those rights against anybody who tried to take away those rights, whether it be the government or anyone else. And the jury sided with us." The jury acquitted all eight after a long trial in 1973, taking only a few minutes to do so. Ongoing activism In 1987, represented the Veterans for Peace organization on a fact-finding trip to Central America In 1989, represented the Veterans for Peace organization on a fact-finding trip to the Middle East. In 1990, observed elections in Nicaragua In 1994, went to Vietnam for the Vietnam Friendship Village Project. He supported John Kerry for U.S. president in 2004 and objects to the Iraq War. GI Rights Hotline Counselor. 1987–Present, President of Gainesville Veterans for Peace Chapter 14. 2002, Suwannee St-Johns Group Sierra Club Executive Committee 2010 Elected Political Chair Suwannee St Johns Group Sierra Club, Still serving as Political Chair. 2010, Steering Committee United Voices for Peace. 2014, Founder and Steering Committee member StandByOurPlan.org. 2017, Outstanding Citizen, League of Woman Voters, Alachua County. 2020, Alachua County Charter Review Commission Member.https://www.alachuacounty.us/CharterReview/Pages/default.aspx Personal life As of 2015, Camil lives in Gainesville, Florida with his wife Sherry, is active in local politics, and is writing an autobiography. He is the subject of the 2002 documentary film, "Seasoned Veteran: Journey of a Winter Soldier", by Benito Aragon, Melinda Kahl and Michael Kirschbaum. Miscellany Graham Nash wrote and recorded the song "Oh Camil! (The Winter Soldier)" in tribute to Scott Camil after hearing his testimony in the documentary "Winter Soldier". The song appears on Nash's 1973 album Wild Tales. The song is also on the DVD Winter Soldier. See also References Further reading Nicosia, Gerald (2002). Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement. CA: Three Rivers Press. Doyle D. Glass (2007). "Lions of Medina" Coleche Press, Bud Schultz, Ruth Schultz (1989). "It Did Happen Here: Recollections of Political Repression in America" University of California Press. , 1972