Photos/Video- Veterans For Peace Anti-War Memorial Day
by Michael Borkson Email: nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com	27 May 2014
Boston, Mass.-Memorial Day-May 26, 2014: About 100 peace activists gathered in Boston Waterfront Park for the annual Smedley Butler Brigade Veterans For Peace anti-war Memorial Day commemoration.
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Boston, Mass.-Memorial Day-May 26, 2014: About 100 peace activists gathered in Boston Waterfront Park for the annual Smedley Butler Brigade Veterans For Peace anti-war Memorial Day commemoration. VFP speakers spoke of the waste of war, those killed in combat plus those veterans who return from the US wars with broken minds and bodies. Notably the epidemic of suicides and homelessness and incarceration among veterans takes their toll as well. An addition this year was the reading of peace poetry by VFP members. Also, some Iraqi war refugees and an Iraqi poet spoke of the deadly toll the US invasion of Iraq rendered. The observance ended with a reading of the names of Massachusetts veterans killed in the wars as well as names of civilian Iraqis and Afghanis killed by the US invasions--after each name was read aloud, participants took a flower and tossed it into Boston Harbor as a commemoration of lives lost. The many holiday passersby were visibly moved by the message of peace--even two high school ROTC cadets stopped to listen. Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/protestphotos1/sets/72157644449496869/ Video: http://youtu.be/l6Ydazw48As Boston chapter of Vets For Peace: http://www.smedleyvfp.org
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