VETERANS FOR PEACE SPONSORED EVENTS:
The following cities have Veterans Day events:
NAME OF EVENT: VETERANS DAY PARADE - REGIONAL POTLUCK - ATTEND ORIGINAL PLAY "VEIL OF SILENCE"
LOCATION OF EVENT: ST. LOUIS
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: The central midwest region, led by the Don Connors Chapter 61 of VFP, will field a contingent in the annual St. Louis Veterans Day parade, to be followed by a potluck fellowship, with speakers, at the Friends Meeting House. That evening many of us will attend a performance of "Veil of Silence", at the Black Cat theater in Maplewood. The play is an original by local playwrites depicting the effects of war on returning veterans and their families.
TIME: 12:00 noon to 10:00 PM
DATE: November 10, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Chuc Smith - 314-3304532, Woody Powell - 636-271-1312
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Don Connors Chapter 61
WEBSITE: http://www.donconnorschapter.org/
NAME OF EVENT: VA Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Phoenix Arizona
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Chapter 75 Phoenix Veterans For Peace will be in the VA Veterans Day Parade. This is our third year and still the only peace organization in the parade. We will have a flatbed trailer with a flag drapped cofin with a reef in the shape of a peace sign and the boots from "Eyes Wide Open" on display. At the corner of Camelback and Central ave. we will have our protest signs and protesters. Women in Black, Code Pink and End the War Coalition will join us in the parade.
TIME: 10:30AM
DATE: November 12
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Henry, ekjh7470@cox.net, 602-400-9179
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Chapter 75
WEBSITE: www.veteransforpeacephoenix.org
NAME OF EVENT: Madison's Memorial Mile
LOCATION OF EVENT: Olbrich Park, all along Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Inspired by other VFP chapters, the Madison Veterans for Peace will erect over 4,000 tombstones along the frontage at Obrich Park to Mourn the Dead, Heal the Wounded, Stop the War. The featured speaker on Sunday, 2pm will be Fr. David Couper, former Madison police chief and Marine veteran. Other speakers include Viet Nam and Iraq War members of Madison VFP.
TIME: Ceremony at 2pm, Sunday, November 11
DATE: November 11-12
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Fournelle - 608-438-7480
Rich Chamberlin - 608-770-3762
Paul McMahon - 608-233-1997
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: #25
WEBSITE: http://www.madison.com/communities/madveteransforpeace
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Downtown Nashville
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Parade. Also doing a screening of the movie "Sir, No Sir" at Cafe Outloud on Church St. Nov. 11 at 7:00 pm
TIME: 11:00
DATE: 11/12/2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Joey King 615-485-1616
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 89
NAME OF EVENT: Allegheny County Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Chapter 047 will be marching in the Veterans Day Parade again this year. The parade is held annually to honor those men and women who have honorably served the country in times of war and peace.
TIME: 09:30 hours
DATE: Saturday November 10, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Will be mustering on Crawford Steet along with the parades Fourth Division.
For additional information contact: Marty B. O'Malley, 412-330-0045
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Southwestern Pennslyvania Chapter 047
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans/Armistice Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Meadville, PA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Chapter 047 will participate in a parade sponsored by the Casey Austin Sheehan Chapter 140. The parade will honor all veterans and celebrate the end of the war that was to end all wars, World War 1.
TIME: 0900
DATE: Sunday November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Sanford Kelson, 814 382 4887
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Chapter 140 - Casy Austin Sheehan Chapter
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Auburn, WA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Veterans For Peace chapter 143 will be participating with 92 and 134 in the annual event
TIME: Larry Nelson president 143 (425 374 2291)
DATE:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 143
NAME OF EVENT: Arlington Michigan Display
LOCATION OF EVENT: Ann Arbor, Michigan
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Display of one cross for every Michigan soldier killed in the Iraq war. 10am to 5pm, Sunday, November 11th. Held at Veterans Park in Ann Arbor, corner of Maple and Jackson Roads. Veterans Day memorial service at 11am.
TIME: 10am to 5pm
DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Bob Krzewinski, 734-487-9058, wolverbob@yahoo.com
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 93
WEBSITE: www.vfp93.org
NAME OF EVENT: Veteran's Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Santa Fe, Downtown
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: The City of Santa Fe conducts a parade every year to commemorate Veteran's Day. This is the 2nd Annual Attendance by the Joan Duffy Chapter of Veterans For Peace. We were well received by attendees and anticipate larger contingent of veterans walking with us this year. We distributed 3X5 cards describing the precise meaning of Veteran's Day as "A Day of Peace".
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
DATE: Sunday, 11 November
CONTACT INFORMATION: Daniel Craig, DOM, 505/660-6848, domdanc@yahoo.com, info@vfp-santafe.org
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 55
WEBSITE: www.vfp-santafe.org
NAME OF EVENT: Radio appearance
LOCATION OF EVENT: KSFR Santa Fe - 101.1 FM and 90.7 FM and streaming on the web at www.ksfr.org
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Daniel Craig, President of the Joan Duffy Chapter of Veterans for Peace, and Ken Mayers, National Treasurer of VFP, will be featured on "Living on the Edge," which airs at 1:00pm MST on Veteran's Day.
TIME: 1:00pm (after the Veterans Day Parade in which the Joan Duffy Chapter will participate)
DATE: November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Ken Mayers
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Chapter 55 - The Joan Duffy Chapter
WEBSITE: www.vfp-santafe.org
NAME OF EVENT: Screening of MEETING RESISTANCE as IVAW Benefit
LOCATION OF EVENT: Cinema Arts Centre
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: A screening of the acclaimed documentary MEETING RESISTANCE by war
correspondents Molly Bingham and Steve Connors will be held at the
Huntington, NY Cinema Arts Center at 7:30 pm Monday evening, November
12, 2007.
The producer Daniel Chalfen and the filmakers shall be on hand for a Q & A session after the screening.
50% of the net proceeds of the screening will be donated to the Truth in Recruiting Project of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
TIME: 7:30 pm
DATE: Monday, November 12, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: thomas brinson, 631.889.0203
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: SPC Raheen Tyson Heighter Memorial Chapter 138, Long Island Veterans For Peace
NAME OF EVENT: anti-war demonstration at Sailor's and Soldier's Monument at Center Square in Allentown, Pa.
LOCATION OF EVENT: 7th & Hamilton Streets - Allentown, Pa.
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Some of the Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace will stand at the foot of the S & S monument holding anti-war signs and Veterans for Peace banners during a Veteran's Day parade sponsored by the Allentown Flag Association. We may also be leafleting during the parade.
TIME: 2pm - 3:30 pm.
DATE: November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Louise Legun -484-553-9476
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace, Chapter 152
NAME OF EVENT: Helmets to Hard Hats
LOCATION OF EVENT: Portland State University
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: November 11th Veterans Day/Armistice Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day
Armistice Day is the anniversary of the end of World War I, on November 11, 1918.
Veterans For Peace the Sean Slattery Chapter 72 will celebrate
Armistice Day and Host ?Helmets to Hardhats? in solidarity with Labor
History Month. Most soldiers come from working class families, kids
sent off to the slaughter of war and those who survive return to the
world of work and working class struggles. Combat Veterans have a
different critique of political hacks and their blood lust for war and
empire. They know the cost of killing in their souls, the price
families pay for loved ones lost, maimed and deranged. They have little
patience for liars and thieves that skew history in favor robber
barons, and arms manufactures that steal elections, and bribe officials
while destroying our schools, jobs, social services and especially our
democracy.
The day will start with a respectful ceremony beginning at 10:00 am
at the PSU Park Blocks Stage and end with Church Bell Ringing around
11:00 am.
Helmets to Hardhats Art exhibit will be on display in Smith Memorial Student Union Room SMU 101 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Plus Three supporting off-campus drama productions
TIME: 10 am to 5 pm
CONTACT INFORMATION: Dan Shea, ewob_y2k@hotmail.com
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Albany, Oregon
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Billed as the largest Veterans Day Parade west of the Mississippi, VFP chapter 132 will march and pull bicycle-powered floats which get "zero lives per gallon."
TIME: 10:00
DATE: Saturday, November 10th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Leah Bolger, leahbolger@comcast.net, 541-207-7761
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 132
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Concert/ Naming of Chapter 16 to Delwin Anderson Chapter
LOCATION OF EVENT: Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Join Veterans For peace chapter 16 and the Washington Chorus as we pay tribute Delwin Anderson and to all our nation's veterans with two intensely powerful works. Experience the famous, thunderous kettledrums of Haydn's Mass in Time of War paired with Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace). Vaughan Williams' turned to the text of Walt Whitman as well as the scriptures to create one of the most poignant and eloquent pleas for peace in all the choral repertoire. Dynamic guest conductor Julian Wachner leads the chorus and orchestra with a cast of world-class soloists. Award-winning ABC News correspondent and U.S. Army veteran Sam Donaldson opens the concert.
TIME: 3PM
DATE: 11/11/2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Tony Teolis Tel: 703-352-1603
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 16
WEBSITE: www.vfpdc.org
LOCATION OF EVENT: Taos Plaza
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: we will join the VFW in their memorial on the plaza @ 11 Am. From 12-2pm, we will table veterans rights materials, and have live music and singing.
TIME: 11-2
DATE: Nov 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: J. Balsamo vfp taos, eddie richardson chapter, 505 7580137
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 98
WEBSITE: www.vfptaos.org
NAME OF EVENT: VFP VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL
LOCATION OF EVENT: AMHERST UU CHURCH
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Panel of veterans for fist hour open mike speakout second hour.
We are also marching in the Northampton Veterans day parade. Chapter President Eric Wasileski is giving the Benediction.
TIME: 7pm
DATE: November 12th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Eric Wasileski 413.367.0320
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Chapter 95 Wally Nelson Chapter
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Binghamton NY
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Chapter 090 Broome County NY Veterans For Peace will march in the parade. VFP contingent will assemble of Main Street near Chapin street within sight of American Legion Post 080 on Main Street
TIME: 2:00 PM
DATE: 11/11/07
CONTACT INFORMATION: George McAnanama
Binghamton NY
cell phone 718-496-7848
email Gmcvet4p@gmail.com
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Broome County NY VFP/ Chapter 090
NAME OF EVENT: SEA of TOMBSTONES: The Cost of War
LOCATION OF EVENT: 5th & Market Streets, Philadelphia Between the Liberty Bell & the Constitution Center
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: A Stunning visual display of Thousands of faux Tombstones, each with a color photo, and a Bio, of our 3,848 KIA in OIF, and a commemoration of the untold number of Civilian deaths.
TIME: Noon, Friday, Nov 9th THRU 5pm, Sunday, Nov 11th
DATE: November 9th, 10th, & 11th
CONTACT INFORMATION: 215-945-1269
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: VFP & VVAW members in Delaware Valley Veterans For America
WEBSITE: http://arlington-libertybell.net/
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans/Armistice Day Vigils
LOCATION OF EVENT: Joe Chillura Courthouse Square
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Invocations will be given by the and the Fallen of Florida will be recited from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan .
The memorial ceremony will be held at the Joe Cillura Park *and will meet at the marble gazebo overlooking the war memorial from 11 to the noon hour. (Maybe longer, depending upon turnout) Speakers may include Veterans, elected officials, poets, singers to lead us in song and those with a message of peace for humanity. Street parking is free and available above E. Kennedy Blvd.
TIME: 11am
DATE: Sunday, November 11
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jay Alexander (jayalexus@yahoo.com, 727-365-4558(c)
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Chapter 119, Tampa Bay
WEBSITE: www.tampabayvfp.org
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Peace Vigil
LOCATION OF EVENT: Florida's Old Capitol
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Gold Star
Families for Peace and Miltary Families Speak Out and friends will
honor and mourn veterans.
There will be a reading of the names of those Floridians who died for lies in our latest senseless war.
TIME: 12:30 - 2:30
DATE: 11NOV2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: 850-893-7390 [leave message]
850-322-1509 [11NOV2007 only]
peacevetstally@gmail.com
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 15
NAME OF EVENT: Display of crosses for every Michigan citizen killed in Iraq/Afghanistan
LOCATION OF EVENT: The "Open Space", a City park, at the corner of Hwys 31/72 and Union St. in downtown Traverse City
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: A display of crosses for each Michigan citizen killed in Iraq/Afghanistan to emphasize the real cost of war. Each cross contains name, picture, hometown, circumstances of death, Cross, in thiscase, not to be construed as a religious symbol.
TIME: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
DATE: November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: John Lewis, (231)947-9104, johnbetty@bignetnorth.net
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: NorthernMichigan Chapter # 50 Veterans for Peace
WEBSITE: www.vfp50.org
NAME OF EVENT: Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Central Ave. & Ontario St., Albany, NY
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Annual Veterans Day Parade. VFP Chapter 10 will be marching in Division 11 & invites all like-minded friends of peace to join us.
TIME: 11:00 AM
DATE: Monday, November 12
CONTACT INFORMATION: Dan Wilcox, 518-482-0262, dwlcx@earthlink.net
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Tom Paine Chapter (#10)
WEBSITE: www.vfpchapter10.org
NAME OF EVENT: Bell ringing service
LOCATION OF EVENT: Minnesota State Capitol Grounds St. Paul MN
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: At 11:00 a. m. on November 11, 1918 the truce ending WWI was to go into effect and church bells through-out the world rang. Our service recalls this moment in human history when the whole world was in agreement that wars were no longer be fought. WE ring our bell 11 times and initiate a moment of silence and then have reading of names of service people who have died in Iraq and Afgankistan and other appropriate readings
TIME: 10:30 gathering 11:00 service
DATE: November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Wayne Wittman, waynewittman@msn.com
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: 27 and 127
NAME OF EVENT: VFP/VVAW Chicago Veterans' Day Ceremony
LOCATION OF EVENT: Chicago Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, North-West corner of Wacker & Wabash, Lower Level at the Chicago River, Downtown Chicago
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Three speakers from Iraq Veterans Against the War, Joan Davis, widow of VVAW National Coordinator Bill Davis, Ray Parrish, VVAW Military Counselor, Bruce Perry, Vietnam Veteran on the Vietnam Veteran's Experience, M.C.: Ken Nielsen of VFP and VVAW.
After the Ceremony there will be a get together at the Thai Binh Vietnamese Restaurant at 1113 W. Argyle St. (5000 North), 1 block East of Broadway at about 1:00 P.M..
TIME: 11:00 A.M.
DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Mike Woloshin
mike71atkron86vfp26@hotmail.com
Ken
Nielsen
info@chicagovfp.org
Vietnam Veterans Against the
War
vvaw@vvaw.org
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Veterans for Peace, Chicago Chapter,
WEBSITE: www.chicagovfp.org
NAME OF EVENT: Atlanta Veterans Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: West Peachtree Street near Pine Street through downtown Atlanta and ending at Centennial Olympic Park
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: 26th Annual Veterans Day Parade. Greater Atlanta VFP Chapter 125 will be
marching in Division 5. Participation with VFP Chapter 125 in the parade is
contingent upon strict adherence to the stipulations made by the Atlanta
Veterans Day Parade Committee, which include NO SIGNS OR BANNERS OF ANY KIND.
Members may carry VFP flags and US flags only. US flags are required to be in
the upright position. Other veterans or prospective members are welcome to join
VFP in the parade, however, they will be required to adhere to these guidelines.
Failure to comply will result in the Atlanta VFP being denied entry into the
parade next year.
TIME: 11:11 AM
DATE: Sunday, November 11, 2007
CONTACT INFORMATION: Debbie Clark, 770-855-6163, dclark@antiwar.com, Reid Jenkins, 678-984-6788, reid@freejoye.com
SPONSORED BY VFP CHAPTER: Greater Atlanta Chapter 125
WEBSITE: www.vfp125.org
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