Veterans For Peace
Click HERE to purchase above holiday card.
Click HERE to purchase above holiday card.
Detailed Description
VFP Holiday Card – Printed on white-linen cardstock paper, each packet contains 10 cards, 11 envelopes ($10)
Inside right of card (where holiday message goes):
The word “peace” in Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Korean, and English
Inside Left of card reads:
Christmas Truce World War I combatants, during the 1914 holiday season, entrenched along the 500 mile front stretching from the Belgium coast to the Swiss border, overcame their conditioning to hate, loathe and kill one another, dropped their weapons, entered noman’s land between their respective lines and, in spite of commanding officer’s threats to charge those who would fraternize with the enemy with treason and send them to the firing squad, extended the hand of peace and goodwill. Mortal enemies became friends for a time. They played soccer, decorated Christmas trees, exchanged gifts, sang carols in their respective languages and, before being forced back behind their front lines by their officers, promised that when the shooting started again that they would fire high, harmlessly into the air. This spontaneous effort of the lower ranks to create a peace may have blossomed if it were not for the interference of their politicians and generals.
The Christmas Truce remains a moving manifestation of the absurdities of war.
“I like to think that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that the people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower, US President
Back of card reads:
Veterans For Peace includes men and women veterans of all eras and duty stations, many of whom served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf and current Iraq wars as well as other conflicts. We draw on our personal experiences and perspectives gained as veterans to raise public awareness of the true costs and consequences of militarism and war – and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives. Our collective experience tells us wars are easy to start and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent.
Visit the VFP Online Store for some gift ideas also.
There are also a few links to Other Progressive Resources at this link along with link to the VFP online store for Gift Ideas.
VETERANS WORKING TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE.
WAGE PEACE!
Veterans For Peace, 216 S. Meramec, St. Louis, MO 63105, 314-725-6005
