UK Veterans Launch VFP Chapter
by Helen Jaccard and Gerry Condon The first chapter of Veterans For Peace in the United Kingdom is now a reality. On a dreary “Easter Monday” afternoon in a working class section of London, England,...
View ArticleArmistice Day Has Morphed Into Veterans Day* -
"Thank you for your service." For more than the three decades that I have publicly acknowledged being a veteran, I continue to hear over and over this professed appreciation. Recently I was admitted to...
View ArticleVFP 101 Rang a Bell for Peace on November 11th
Members of the San Jose chapter of Veterans for Peace, Chapter 101, met on the corner of Fourth and Santa Clara streets in San Jose, California with other members of the community to ring a bell for...
View ArticleVFP Lehigh Valley PA, Tom Paine Chapter 152 Oct/Nov 2014 Events
October 25, 2014 VFP Chapter 152 members will be part of the vigil against the Horsham, PA reserve center becoming a drone command center. November 11, 2014 Chapter 152 will set up mock grave markers...
View ArticleArmistice Day Has Morphed Into Veterans Day* -
"Thank you for your service." For more than the three decades that I have publicly acknowledged being a veteran, I continue to hear over and over this professed appreciation. Recently I was admitted to...
View ArticleCh 34 March in Veterans Day Parade on Armistice Day
We had a great turnout at NYC Armistice Day Parade, over 70 participants including many young vets and supporters, and a very warm reception from the crowd. 15.11.12.NYC34.ArmisticeDay...
View ArticleA Poem for My Children’s Teachers on Veteran’s Day 2015
Will Hopkins: US Army Infantry, Iraq 2004-2005; Director, NH Peace Action My friend Mac, arm hanging by a strand of muscle or sinew Blood flowing by the pint, staining tan battle dress red-black A...
View ArticleDon’t Thank Me Anymore... Just Care for Veterans Who Return and Work To End...
This past Saturday morning in Saint Louis, MO I was walking home when I saw people gathering and portions of the street being blocked. I live downtown, so it could have been another run, walk or...
View ArticleWhy Not Armistice Day? by Rory Fanning
On Tuesday, the United States should be celebrating its 95th Armistice Day, pausing as a nation to think about the terrible costs of war – including the loss of so many lives. Unfortunately, we...
View ArticleCh 106 Armistice Day Events
VFP Chapter 106 members and supporters took part in a bell-ringing ceremony in remembrance of Armistice day and passed out flyers about the costs of war and the origins of Veterans Day before marching...
View ArticleChapter 161 - Rallying For Peace on Veterans Day
Below is the link to the front-page article in the Daily Iowan about VFP-sponsored Armistice Day Observance in Iowa City yesterday. The KWWL -TV reporter was apologetic in an email to me today, saying...
View ArticleArmistice Day Has Morphed Into Veterans Day* -
"Thank you for your service." For more than the three decades that I have publicly acknowledged being a veteran, I continue to hear over and over this professed appreciation. Recently I was admitted to...
View ArticleCh 34 March in Veterans Day Parade on Armistice Day
We had a great turnout at NYC Armistice Day Parade, over 70 participants including many young vets and supporters, and a very warm reception from the crowd. 15.11.12.NYC34.ArmisticeDay...
View ArticleA Poem for My Children’s Teachers on Veteran’s Day 2015
Will Hopkins: US Army Infantry, Iraq 2004-2005; Director, NH Peace Action My friend Mac, arm hanging by a strand of muscle or sinew Blood flowing by the pint, staining tan battle dress red-black A...
View ArticleDon’t Thank Me Anymore... Just Care for Veterans Who Return and Work To End...
This past Saturday morning in Saint Louis, MO I was walking home when I saw people gathering and portions of the street being blocked. I live downtown, so it could have been another run, walk or...
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