Veterans For Peace
Veterans Day Events
There are exciting events happening across the country for Veterans Day:
- Over twenty VFP Chapters are either holding their own events or participating in local parades.
- Saturday, November 11, you can join the makers of “The Ground Truth,” Iraq Veterans, and AOL in an online chat. You can purchase your own copy of The Ground Truth here.
- Military Families Speak Out will be traveling to Washington DC to “Stop the Backdoor Draft” between November 9th and 11th. On Saturday, November 11, they will be planting flags at the National Mall for each soldier killed in Iraq.
- Cindy Sheehan and Gold Star Families For Peace are saying, “Sit down for Change, Stand UP for Peace” with actions in Washington DC between November 6th and 9th.
VETERANS FOR PEACE SPONSORED EVENTS:
The following cities have Veterans Day events. You can scroll down to find the appropriate city, or click on This Link to take you to the VFP page.
Chicago , Illinois – Cpl. Joseph E. Powers Chapter ( Ch. 26)
Event Description: Will participate in a joint Veterans’ Day Ceremony with the Chicago Chapter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. The Ceremony will consist of speakers, music and laying flowers on the Memorial Fountain. It will last about 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
At 2:00 P.M. , following the Ceremony, there will be a Bar-B-Q for participants at the New World Resource Center , 1300 N. Western Ave. , Chicago , IL . We ask that people bring canned goods for a food pantry or pay $5.00 at the door. The Bar-B-Q will last until 7:00 P.M. .
Location: Chicago Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial at the North-West corner of Wacker and Wabash (Lower Level at the Chicago River ) in Downtown Chicago
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11 @ 10:30 A.M.
Contact Information: Mike Woloshin at: mike71atkron86vfp26@hotmail.com, Ken Nielsen at: info@chicagovfp.org, or VVAW at: vvaw@vvaw.org
Pacifica , California – Chapter 69 ( San Francisco Area)
Event Description: Pacifica Peace People and Veterans for Peace present a very special Veteran’s Day event. Join us for a concert and reading featuring Country Joe McDonald singing songs of peace. You’ll also hear musician and Viet Nam vet Joe Paquin play some of his songs, plus Jim Janko, who will read a passage from his Pulitzer-prize-nominated book, “Buffalo Boy and Geronimo.” $10 if you’re over 18 and $5 if you’re not (suggested donation—no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Location: Sanchez Concert Hall, 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard (about one mile off Highway 1 in Pacifica—building with mural on the right side of the street)
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11, 2006, 7-10 p.m.
Contact Information: Phil Reser 415-476-2817
St. Paul , Minnesota – Chapter 27 ( Minneapolis , Minnesota )
Event Description: Minnesota State Capitol grounds at the First Shot Monument Twin Cities Veterans for Peace Chapter 27 will host our annual bell ringing service. The theme of our service harkens back to the original purpose of Armistice day which was the Armistice that ended World War I (the war to end all wars) when at 11:00 a. m. on the 11-day of the 11th month (November 11, 1918) the armistice ending WWI was to go into effect. At that time the killing was to stop and the church bells through-out the world were to ring signaling the end of war as an activity of human beings We have readings, a bell is rung 11 times at 11;00 a. m. , we give those in attendance an opportunity to make a statement and recite the names of service-personnel who have lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Location: Minnesota State Capitol grounds
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11 @ 11:00 pm
Contact Information: Wayne Wittman, (651) 774-4008
Hartford , Connecticut – Chapter 42 ( Hartford/Windham CT )
Event Description: Veterans For Peace Contingent in the Hartford’s 2006 Veterans Day Parade Peace Activists Are Welcome To March With VFP
(as part of the VFP Supportive Auxiliary)
Location: Downtown Hartford (Meet at the intersection of Buckingham St. & Hudson St.) For the last several years, the Veterans for Peace, their family, and friends were met with clapping and cheers as they participated in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 parades. Despite official attempts to prevent the anti-war contingent from participating in the parade following the 2003 Iraq Invasion, the contingent has become an integral part of the parade for the last several years. Come out this year to march and show your support for the troops! Demand an end to the occupation of Iraq ! (http://www.hopeoutloud.org/VFPparade2006.htm)
Time and Date of Event: Sunday, November 5th @ 11:30am
Contact Information: Dave Ionno, dionno@aol.com
Boulder / Denver Colorado – Chapter 120 (Boulder, CO) and Chapter 79 (Colorado)
Event Description: Chapter 102, Boulder, CO, will travel to Denver and join with the Denver and surrounding chapters to commemorate Veterans Day with a march and rally
Contact Information: Gene Glazer, geneandalice2@yahoo.com
Ann Arbor, Michigan – Chapter 93 (Michigan)
Event Description: Veterans Day Peace Ceremony – 11am, Hanover Square Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan (corner of Division and Packard).
Arlington Michigan Display – 11am to 5pm. One cross for every Michigan soldier killed in Iraq (97 as of mid-October). Hanover Square Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan (corner of Division and Packard).
Veterans Day Film Screening – Showing of the film “The Cost of War” (60 minutes) followed by a panel discussion. Cosponsored by the Huron Valley Gray Panthers, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and Michigan Peaceworks and Veterans For Peace Chapter 93. Held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2145 Independence Avenue, in Ann Arbor, starting at 7pm.
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11
Contact Information: Bob Krzewinski, Wolverbob@cs.com
Houston, Texas – Chapter 12 (Houston)
Event Description: The Houston chapter of Veterans For Peace is marching in downtown Houston on Veterans Day, to honor all veterans of past and current wars. Members and others supporting peace are invited to join VPF12 in marching to honor vets and to protest policies that send them into harms way for greed, not to defend our country, and then abandons them when they return home. The commemoration begins at 10:00a.m. at Sam Houston Park, 800 Bagby. A demonstration by the United States Army Special Forces “Black Daggers” parachute team will be staged at 11:15 a.m. The parade, featuring veterans and military organizations, starts at 11:30 a.m. at Lamar and Bagby.
Location: Sam Houston Park, 800 Bagby
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, Nov. 11
Contact Information: Jim Rine at jmrine@hotmail.com, 281 414 1386
Salt Lake City, Utah – Chapter 118 (Nikko Schoch Chapter)
Description of Event: The Nikko Schoch Chapter 118 in Salt Lake City will unveil our new chapter banner in front of the Vietnam Memorial at the state capital. The Chapter was renamed in honor of Hamburger hill medic Nikko Schoch who passed away August 5, 2006.
Location: Vietnam Memorial at the state capital, Main Street
Time & Date of Event: Saturday, November 11 @ 2:00 p.m.
Contact Person: Aaron Davis, aaronmdavis1950@msn.com
Miami, Florida – Chapter 32 (South Florida)
Description of Event: Chapter 32, South Florida, will be marching in the Veterans Day Parade on Miami Beach and we will have the Arlington South Beach event on Ocean Drive on Nov 10, 11, 12.
Location: Miami Beach
Contact Person: Sam Feldman, vetsforpeace@the-beach.net
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Chapter 144
Description of Event: Come join us in Philadelphia for A Sea of Tombstones: The Cost of War Tombstones will be on display November 10th, 11th & 12th with a special event Saturday, November 11, 2006, 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Gold Star Parents and Guest Speakers include Celeste Zappala, Cindy Sheehan & Sue Niederer. Their sons Sgt. Sherwood Baker, Spc. Casey Sheehan., and Lt. Seth Dvorin were killed in action in 2004.
Location: Arlington North will be displayed in Center City Philadelphia at the Visitor Center across from the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Arlington North at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia 5th & Market Street
http://www.arlington-libertybell.net
Sponsored by: Delaware Valley Veterans For America and Veterans For Peace Organizing Committee 144
Contact Person: 215-945-1669 215-945-3350
New Jersey – Chapter 21
Description of Event: Chapter 21, New Jersey, will be marching in the N.Y.C. Veteran’s Day Parade along with our brothers and sisters from that venue.
Contact Person: Ken Dalton, njvfpken22@netscape.net
Eugene, Oregon – Chapter 929
Description of Event: One entry will be our more “conservative” members who are planning on carrying VFP flags and signage, American flags, and Peace flags.
Entry two by our most “progressive” members will be under a fictitious name “Lane Country Vets for Alternative Energy” and will feature bio-diesel vehicles, an assortment of esoteric bicycles, walkers and other bio-friendly forms of transportation. Our theme will be “…zero soldiers per mile”. Further elaboration on the “zero” plan can be found here: http://www.squadron13.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1127
Contact Person: Gordon Sturrock, gs@squadron13.com
Santa Fe, New Mexico – The Joan Duffy Chapter of Veterans for Peace (Chapter 55)
Description of Event: On November 11th, through the efforts of Robert Sinn, Carla Lopez, and Mayor Coss, VFP Santa Fe has been invited to join with the VFW and other veterans groups in a Veterans Day Parade. Friends and collaborators of VFP are invited as well.
It would be refreshing if a number of the 170+ “ghost” members would share with us in this event either as workers on the installation and its removal or as marchers in the parade. A perfect opportunity for us to bring awareness the original intent and purpose of “Veterans Day” to our misguided comrades who believe the event another opportunity to glorify war.
The parade will begin at 9:00, starting from the parking lot of St. Francis Cathedral. It will go around the Plaza then proceed to the Bataan Memorial Building where there will be a ceremony. We hope to keep the Iraq/Afghanistan Memorial Installation set up on the Plaza until sunset. The Installation now has more than 65 3ft by 6ft vinyl banners, each displaying either 39 or 52 pictures and basic biographical data of the American dead in Iraq and Afghanistan.Contact Person: Ken Mayers, kenmayers@vfp-santafe.org
Northern Michigan Chapter – Chapter 50
Description of Event: Nothern Michigan Chapter 50 will construct an “Arlington Northern Michigan” display of 99 crosses (at this date, Oct. 30) one for each Michigan resident killed in Iraq. These crosses will show the name, picture, date of birth, home town and circumstances of death on each cross. This display offers a place and time to contemplate the human cost of war, to grieve and honor those who have lost their lives, and to keep their memory alive. It is also a time and place to stand with the families of the fallen and those war veterans still living, many with invisible wounds.
Location: Downtown park in Traverse City on Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan.
Time & Date of Event: November 11, 2006, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Contact Person: John Lewis, johnbetty@bignetnorth.net
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Chapter 63
Description of Event: Silent protest across the street from the celebration of war at the Veterans Memorial Park, where Rep. Heather Wilson, dedicated Bush flack will be speaking.
Contact Person: Sally – Alice Thompson, sally-aliceanddon@juno.com
Atlanta, Georgia – Greater Atlanta Chapter 125
Description of Event: Veterans For Peace, Greater Atlanta Chapter 125, has been accepted as both a participant and a sponsor of the Atlanta Veterans Day Parade <http://www.gavetsdayparade.org>.
The American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER), Georgia Chapter, a gay veterans organization and fellow sponsor of the Atlanta Veterans Day Parade, will march in solidarity with the Atlanta VFP. Headed by VFP member Danny Ingram, AVER and VFP both anticipate being placed at the rear of the parade,
with VFP taking the lead.The Atlanta Veterans Day Parade is the second largest Veterans Day Parade in
the nation and honors ALL military veterans. Grand Marshal for the 2006 Atlanta Veterans Day Parade is the decorated combat news correspondent, Joe
Galloway <http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102806A.shtml> .Greater Atlanta Chp. 125 of Veterans For Peace and American Veterans for
Equal Rights invites ALL interested veterans and active duty military personnel to join with us on Veterans Day in solidarity for peace and the inherent rights of all human beings in the Atlanta Veterans Day Parade!!!
Location: Assembly point for the Atlanta Veterans Day Parade is on West Peachtree Street at the beginning of Pine Street at the Civic Center MARTA Station.
Time & Date of Event: November 11, 2006, The Atlanta VFP, along with AVER, will assemble at 10 AM, with the parade commencing at 11:11 AM.
Contact Person: Veterans For Peace: Debbie Clark, 770-855-6163, debbie@vfp125.org, American Veterans for Equal Rights: Danny Ingram, 404-378-3240, president_averga@yahoo.com
Sheboygan, Wisconsin – Chapter 114
Description of Event: Our counterparts in Milwaukee have been banned from the Veteran’s Day Parade in that city, so we will be standing next to them in solidarity, on Nov. 4th, as the “real vets” march by. We will be helping them set up and take down “Arlington-Great Lakes” 2700 markers in geometric rows at Juneau Park, and also be hearing Lt. Watada’s father, and Cindy Sheehan speak that day.
Friday, the 10th, we will be taking part in a Veteran’s Day ceremony here in our city (we are about 50 mi. north of Milwaukee, on Lake Mich.) at a local high school. That event generally entails the reading of Wisconsin service people KIA this yea, and local vets who died in past 12 months, a short speech, laying of wreathes at a tomb prop, taps and rifle volley as we salute.
Contact Person: Tom Contreston, tom@vetsforpeacesheboygan.org
Portland, Maine – Chapter 114
Description of Event: Chapter 001 of Maine will be joining the “traditional” Veterans Day March in the city of Portland after we were initially denied a place in the parade. Maine VFP will be holding our own commemoration ceremony on Veterans Day in Portland with the full support of the city.
Contact Person: Doug Rawlings, rawlings@maine.edu
St. Paul, Minnesota – Chapter 127
Description of Event: 1) 10:30, First Shot Memorial (far side from the steps of the Capital), St. Paul. Open to all who wish to pay respects to the original day: Armistice Day – the representation of the War to End All Wars. There will be a reading of the Minnesota names of US soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Others are welcome to say a few words or read a poem or memory. We ask that it be brief and respectful.
2) “Salute to Vets Via Story”Storytelling by Larry Johnson, 3:00 pm at the Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. Across from the new Guthrie.
Contact: Daniel Fearn, aldermn@earthlink.net
OTHER EVENTS:
Naples, Florida
Event Description: Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, Broward for Peace, Social Action Committee of Ft. Myers and others will erect a field of crosses on the beach representing the 2,800 plus American soldiers killed in Iraq. This solemn display to mourn and grieve for our soldiers killed in Iraq will be at the. Each 700 plus white crosses will bear the name and age of the killed soldier; in addition there will be 21 red crosses with each red cross representing 100 American soldiers killed in Iraq. At 1 PM taps will be played as volunteers begin calling out the name and age of each of the 2,800 plus American soldiers killed in Iraq. The display called Arlington South will end at 5PM.
Location: Naples Beach Pier at Gulf Shore Blvd.and 12th ave south
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11 @ 7:00 am
Contact Information: John Riccio, 239-649-6863.
Cornish, Maine
Event ” ‘Voices in Wartime’ Hear Others- Let Your’s Be Heard”
Location: Horizons Building, South Hiram Elementary School, South Hiram Rd, Maine
Time & Date of Event: Sunday, Nov 12, 2006, 7:00
Sponsored by: Sacopee Valley Forum
Description of Event: We will be showing the video of “Voices in Wartime” an account of war poetry throughtout the ages & we will be encouraging others to bring along their favorite poems or poems of their own. There will be time for sharing our own poems, discussion, & of course, refreshments.
Contact Person: Denis J. Dunn dahrev@psouth.net, PO Box 125, Cornish, ME 04020-0125
Fort Drum, New York
Event Description: The first GI Coffeehouse, “The Different Drummer” at Ft Drum NY will be holding a special afternoon program on Veterans Day featuring a showing of the “Poison Dust” (2pm) film followed by a discussion of the health hazards of DU weapons. In the evening, we will feature the Syracuse band “Los Blancos” (8pm)
Location: Different Drummer Cafe, 12 Paddock Arcade, 1 Public Square, Watertown NY 13601 Phone 315-782-0595
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11
Contact Information: Tod Ensign, (212) 679-2250
Cleveland, Ohio
Event Description: Women Gather to Pray/Meditate for Peace in the World – Join us . . Nov. 11 (Veterans Day), 7:45am Saturday, TRINITY CATHEDRAL Chapel, 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio-parking lot off Prospect (wheelchair accessible) for 45min of prayer and meditation. Gather the Women of Cleveland to Save the World meet again to pray/meditate for peace – for the end of violence.
Location: Trinity Cathedral Chapel, 2230 Euclid Avenue
Time and Date of Event: Saturday, November 11 @ 7:45 am
Contact Information: Susan Greene: greenemidwife@hotmail.com, Susan Hannibal: suehannibal@yahoo.com Kathy Smith Baker: jhardeeb@aol.com or Joan Southgate: gonnawalk439@hotmail.com
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