Of a fire beyond the hills

Summary: During a time of war, an intrepid group of anti-war activists in Nelson, British Columbia decide to erect a War Resisters Monument to U.S. draft dodgers and deserters. It results in an angry outburst by right-wingers across North America, in particular by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who encourage President Bush to condemn the project. The local Chamber of Commerce is flooded by hysterical hate mail urging Nelson's city fathers to ban the War Resisters Monument. When Ernest Hekkanen offers his front yard as a possible site for the statue, the mayor and city councilors seek to put a stop to it out of fear that it will ruin Nelson's tourist industry.