Memorial Day Events - 2007
Sponsored by VFP
| Philadelphia | Chicago | Corvallis, OR | Miami | Traverse City, MI |
| Washington DC | New York | Juneau, AK | Madison, WI | Houston |
| Portland | Atlanta |
Philadelphia, PA - Forming Chapter 144
NAME OF EVENT: Arlington North @ Philly's Liberty BellLOCATION OF EVENT: 5th & Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: For Americans to comprehend the Horror of 600,000 Iraqi deaths, they must first grasp the enormity of 3,400 American deaths in Iraq. The 3,400 Tombstones at Arlington North demonstrate THE COST OF WAR
TIME: 9am Friday, May 25 through Sunset Monday, May 28
DATE: May 25, 26, 27, & 28
CONTACT INFORMATION: Bill Perry 215-945-3350, bpVETforPEACE@aol.com
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: VFP Chapter-in-Formation #144
WEBSITE: www.VFP144.org
Chicago, IL - Chapter 026
NAME OF EVENT: Chicago VVAW/VFP Memorial Day Ceremony LOCATION OF EVENT: Chicago Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, Northwest corner of Wacker & Wabash, Lower Level at Chicago River
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Speakers, including several members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, followed by laying of flowers at the Memorial Fountain. Following the Ceremony, there will be a Pic-Nic/Fundraiser for IVAW at the National Vietnam Veterans' Art Museum, 1801 S. Indiana Ave. (18th St., 1 block East of Michigan Ave., about 1-1/2 miles South of Memorial), Chicago, IL. Donation $5.00.
TIME: Ceremony Starts at 11:00 A.M. Sharp and runs to about Noon. IVAW Pic-Nic/Fundraiser starts about 1 P.M.
DATE: Monday, May 28, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Ken Nielsen at: info@chicagovfp.org, Mike Woloshin at: mike71atkron86vfp26@hotmail.com
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Cpl. Joseph E. Powers-Chicago Area Chapter 26
WEBSITE: www.chicagovfp.org
Corvallis, OR - Chapter 132
NAME OF EVENT: Reading of Names LOCATION OF EVENT: Benton County War Memorial, National Guard Armory
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Community members will be invited to participate in the reading of all the U.S. military fatalities from Iraq as hold a candlelight vigil.
TIME: 7:00 pm
DATE: Monday, May 28th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Leah Bolger, leahbolger@comcast.net or 541-207-7761
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 132
WEBSITE: www.vfpcorvallis.org
Miami, FL - Chapter 032
NAME OF EVENT: Arlington South Beach LOCATION OF EVENT: 10th Street and Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, Florida
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Previous event: http://youtube.com/watch?v=fsBZwU6w0hE.
3000 tombstone shaped monuments inscribed with the names of Iraq War fallen will be laid out on South Beach during the Memorial Day Weekend, the same location and weekend that the hip-hop festival is taking place. Veterans For Peace Chapter 032 works very closely with Democracy for America Miami Dade to stage the Arlington events.
TIME: 7:00 am Friday May 25, 2007 to 7:00 pm Monday May 28, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Orlando Collado, President 305 221-0265
Sam Feldman, Vice President 305 588-4247
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Veterans for Peace - South Florida
Chapter 032
Traverse City, MI - Chapter 050
NAME OF EVENT: Display of crosses, one for each Michigan resident killed in Iraq (Arlington Northern Michigan) LOCATION OF EVENT: Open Space (name of city park) on the shores of West Bay of Lake Michigan
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: We will display about 132 crosses (at this date) representing each Michigan resident who has died in the Iraq war. Each cross will contain name, picture, hometown, date of death and circumstances of death. Patterned, of course, after the first Arlington display.
TIME: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
DATE: May 28, 2007 (Memorial Day)
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Lewis (231)947-9104
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER:
WEBSITE: Bruce and Char Sanderson Northern Michigan Chapter #50 Veterans for Peace
New York, NY - Chapter 034
NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Event LOCATION OF EVENT: 55 Water Street, Vietnam Wall
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Followed by a memorial procession to the harbor where there is a reading of names and and flower.
TIME: 11 am
DATE: Sunday, May 27
CONTACT INFORMATION: Hugh Bruce - hughbruce@optonline.net
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 34 - NYC
WEBSITE:
Washington DC - Chapter 016
NAME OF EVENT: Weekly vigil at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital LOCATION OF EVENT: Outside Walter Reed Memorial Hospital
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT:
TIME: 7- 9 pm
DATE: FRIDAY - May 25th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Pat McCann, Unityact2@aol.com
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 16
WEBSITE:
Juneau, AK - Chapter 100
NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Commemoration LOCATION OF EVENT: Marine Park, Juneau
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Members will assemble the "Wall" -- containing the photos, names, ranks, and home towns of all Iraq War dead and display it at the Park. Members and friends will read the names of the dead.
TIME: Following ceremonies at the cemetary, probably around Noon
DATE: Monday, May 28
CONTACT INFORMATION: Garland Walker, gwalker@gci.net
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 100
WEBSITE: www.vfpjuneau.org
Madison, WI - Chapter 025
NAME OF EVENT: 9th Annual Memorial Day Peace Rally: "Demanding Peace: NO MORE WAR" LOCATION OF EVENT: James Madison Park, Madison Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Peace Rally in James Madison Park. Many area voices of peace including Clarence Kailin of the 1937 Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Spanish Civil War). Keynote speaker: Elliott Adams, President of Veterans for Peace. Live music.
TIME: 1pm
DATE: May 28, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Robert Kimbrough (608.238.1266) or Paul McMahon (608.233.1997)for further details
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Clarence Kailin Chapter 25
WEBSITE: www.madison.com/communities/madveteransforpeace
Houston, TX - Chapter 012
NAME OF EVENT: Will construct a Flag Memorial for all the casualties of the Iraq and Afghanistan WarsLOCATION OF EVENT: Fannin at Hermann Park circle across from the Museum of Natural History
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Please, volunteer to help place the flags and read the names of those who have given their lives up in these wars. We need your help there are almost 4,000 flags to be placed. Please bring a box lunch, drinks and water will be provided for volunteers.
TIME: 10am - 6pm
DATE: May 27th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jim Rine, jmrine@hotmail.com, 281-414-1386
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Houston, Chapter 12
Atlanta, GA - Chapter 125
NAME OF EVENT: Atlanta Sailor Jonathan Hutto to Speak on the Appeal for Redress CampaignLOCATION OF EVENT: Fellowship Hall of Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, 118 Second Avenue, Decatur, GA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Jonathan Hutto a native Atlantan and active duty sailor will speak at 1 PM Sunday, May 27 in the Fellowship Hall of Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, 118 Second Ave. Decatur, GA.
Jonathan Hutto will speak on the power of the Appeal for Redress petition by active duty and reserve troops urging Congress to recognize it is time for U.S. troops to come home from Iraq. He has appeared on CNN, the BBC and in the pages of The Washington Post and The Navy Times. Hutto lives and works aboard the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt based in Norfolk, VA.
Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price,? said Jonathan Hutto. ?It is time for U.S. troops to come home
Jonathan Hutto's remarks as a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform are particularly relevant on this Memorial Day weekend.
TIME: 1:00-2:00 PM
DATE: May 27, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Debbie Clark, Veterans For Peace, Greater Atlanta Chapter 125, 770-855-6163, dclark@antiwar.com
Kevin Moran, Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, Home 770-938-1160, Cell 973-476-5647, kevmoran@aol.com
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Greater Atlanta Chapter 125
WEBSITE: www.vfp125.org, www.appealforredress.org
Portland, OR- Chapter 072
NAME OF EVENT: From War to PeaceLOCATION OF EVENT: Memorial Coliseum, Korean War Wall, 1401 N Wheeler Ave, Portland, OR
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Veterans For Peace Chapter 72 will be commemorating Memorial Day, Monday, May 28th again at the "forgotten" walls of the Memorial Coliseum. This will be the fourth year VFP 72 has stepped away from the traditional militaristic ceremonies and rhetoric to honor our fallen brothers and sisters in arms, for as General Ulysses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United States said, <i>"The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade".</i>
See web site for pictures from las year's event.
Following the event, we will walk over to the Peace Memorial Park for a Peace Picnic.
TIME: 12:00 Noon
DATE: 5/28/2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Grant E. Remington
grant@dunckleystreet.com
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 72
WEBSITE: www.vfpchapter72.org
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