Armistice Day for
Peace
Statement of
Purpose
Statement
of Purpose
We, having
dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater
responsibility
to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will
work, with
others
§
To
increase public awareness of the costs of war;
§
To
restrain our government from intervening, overtly and
covertly,
in the internal affairs of other nations;
§
To end the
arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate
nuclear
weapons;
§
To seek
justice for veterans and victims of war;
§
To abolish
war as an instrument of national policy.
To achieve
these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use
non-violent
means and to maintain an organization that is both
www.smedleyvfp.org
vfpsmedley@gmail.com
In
Flanders Fields
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We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater
responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To
this end we will work, with others:
a)
To increase public awareness of the costs of war;
b)
To restrain our government from intervening,
overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs
of oth er nations;
c)
To end the arms r aceand
to r educe and eventually eliminate nuclear weapo ns;
d)
) To seek ju st ice for veter an s and victim
s of
war;
e)
To abolish war as an instrument of
nat ional policy.
To achi eve th ese
go als, mem ber s of Veteran
s F or P eace pledge t o u se non-
violent m
ean s and to main tain an or g an izati on tha t is bo th dem ocr ati c and open w ith the un ders t andin g th at all m ember s
ar e tru sted
to act in th e best in tere sts of the gro up for the lar g er
pur pose of
worl d peace.
Smedl ey D. Butl er Bri g ade (Ch . 9)
P. O. Box 3 2 06 83
Boston, MA 0 2 1 3 2
T el. 6 1 7- 9 4 2-0 3 2 8
F ind Us On F acebook at: Smedley D. Bu tler Br igad e of Ve ter ans F or Peace
Twitt er: @SmedleyVF P
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Samuel Adams Park Boston,
Massachusetts
"War
is a
racket.
A few profit.
The many pay."
Ma j. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, USMC
In Flanders Fields Armistice (Veterans) Day For Peace
John McCrae
In Flanders fields the
poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the
sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
Leftist Marching Band-Boston Area Brigade of Activist
Musicians (BABAM)
November 11,
2018 2:30
p.m. S:SO p.m.
Samuel Adams Park Boston, Massachusetts
PROGRAM
Bring us together music
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We
lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and
were loved,
and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the
foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies
grow In Flanders fields.
Al Johnson, Member Chapter 9
Dan Luker
Coordinator,
Veterans For Peace Smedley D. Butler Brigade, Chapter 9
Sev
Bruynt, M ember, VFP Chapter 9
David
Rothhauser Member, VFP Chapter 9
John Schuchardt
M ember, VFP Chapter 45
Opening
Words Welcome
"Words Of Peace " read by Pat Scanlon
Rememben.ng Anthony F laherry
House Of Peace
It is believ ed that the death of h is fri e nd and for mer student, Lieutenan t Alexis Helmer, was the inspiration for the poem
wr it te n by Major John McCra e,
a sur geon attached to 1st Briga de, Canadian Fie ld Artillery
. Helmer was a popular youn g officer in the 1st Brigade who, on the morn ing of Sunday, May 2, 1915,
lefl: his dugout and was
killed instant ly by a dir
ect hit from an 8 inch German shell in the second wee k of fight in g dur in g t h e Sec ond Batt le of Ypres. Lieutenant Helmer was buried late r that day.
In the absence of a chapla in, Major McCrae
conducted a simple se rvice
at the graveside, recit in g from memory some passages from the Chur ch of England' s 'Order of Bur ia l of the
Dead.'
T he nex t day, sitt ing on the
back of an ambula nce par ked
near the dress ing statio n Ju st a few hundred yards north of Ypres, McCra e ve nted h is an gu ish by composing a poem. In t he nearby ceme tery, McCrae could see th e w ild poppies t hat spran g up in the dit c
hes in that part of Europe, and he spent twenty min utes of rp ecious rest time scribbling
fifteen lines of vre se in a not eb ook - w hat would become o ne of the most memorable war poems ever
Major John McCrae
Al Johnson, Vietnam Veteran Member, VFP Chapter 9
Leftist Marching Band
Webb Nichols, Vietnam Veteran
M ember, VFP
Chapter 9
Chr istopherWo!fse
M ember. V FP Chapter 9
Formerly *N G A/ CIA Bob Funke
Leftist Marching Band
"ChelseaManning Update"
& "There is a Wall in Washington"
Musical
Interlude "Changing Times"
''Perpetual Warfare v. The Light"
Closing remarks Musical W rap-Up
wr itt e n.
* N ational Geospatial A gency/ Central Intelligence Agency
A ppreciation to the City of Boston for use of Samuel Adams Park
Dear Al,
Joseph Gerson, Director of Program, American Friends Service Committee and Director of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security. Joseph will address historic legacies and current great power policies and ambitions in Northeast Asia - with Korea at their vortex; causes and implications of growing tensions between Japan and South Korea, including their current trade war; and perspectives of South Korean peace advocates on the stalled U.S.-DPRK-ROK negotiations.
Refreshments: Kim Pop (Korean rice rolls) and other refreshments will be served.
Pyongyang swimming pool. Pyongyang Street Scene. Keumjoo Armstrong photo
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