We have stopped Trump’s militarism parade and will take back Armistice Day and secure the peace!

Join A Broad Coalition Of Peace, Justice and Freedom Groups To Secure the Peace and Restore Sanity.

Join Us In Protest, Resistance and Revolution!

Currently Scheduled For Nov. 11th, 2018 In Washington DC and across the nation.

http://notrumpmilitaryparade.us/

HERE ARE OUR DEMANDS:

Stop the glorification of war.

Return Veteran’s Day to Armistice Day, a day to celebrate peace.

Divest from the war machine and use public dollars for human needs and protection of the planet.

End the wars at home and abroad.

EVENTS:

Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 – Peace Concert and Peace Art at Catharsis, 5:00 pm to 1:00 am on the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 – Rally and protest during the military parade along the route. Exact location to be determined.

Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018 – Silent march led by veterans and military families. Location to be determined.

Marching for Peace, Justice and Freedom in November 2018

https://www.veteransforpeace.org/our-work/armistice-day

Veterans March for Justice…

SPREAD THE WORD:

DOWNLOAD A FLYER TO HAND OUT HERE

http://notrumpmilitaryparade.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/ntmp-flyer-april-2018.pdf

STOP THE WARS AT HOME AND
ABROAD, DON’T GLORIFY THEM

President Trump ordered a military parade for November 11,
the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended WWI.
Many groups are organizing to stop this parade, reclaim
Veteran’s Day as Armistice Day and call for demilitarization and
investment in programs that protect and support our
communities in positive ways and heal the climate crisis and
environmental degradation.

We are joining together to make the response to President Trump’s military parade bigger than the parade itself would have been.

Learn more at www.NoTrumpMilitaryParade.us.

Washington, D.C.

Sunday, November 11, 2018
7AM-3PM (approximately)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/222122648357373/

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month on the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that silenced the guns of the “war to end all wars,” we will march in silence to reclaim the Armistice Day promise of peace.

https://youtu.be/9XEnTxlBuGo

https://youtu.be/54Al-9QBjSI

Veterans For Peace

1404 North Broadway

St. Louis MO 63102

vfp@veteransforpeace.org

(314) 725-6005 (office)

(314) 227-1981 (fax)

Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day following the Korean War, most likely to energize the country for upcoming conflicts and to embolden young men who were subject to the draft.

https://worldbeyondwar.org/armisticeday/

We are not attempting to ignore or discredit Veterans Day. However, we believe that Veterans Day has been seized by those who love war, profit and power; “honoring” veterans has simply become a one-day photo-op for generals, politicians, celebrities and mattress companies. We, the veterans, are the product of war. We demand peace.

https://twitter.com/vetspeacemarch

The Veterans Peace March will be veteran-led. Supporters are urged to attend and march, but do so with respect to the veterans in the lead, and also respect the complete silence of the veterans as they march.

http://progressive.org/op-eds/on-armistice-day-let-us-celebrate-peace/

We will begin marching at 11AM, in silence, from the Washington Monument.

http://notrumpmilitaryparade.us/

We will be stopping to leave remembrance poppies at the:

• WWII Memorial

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Vietnam Womenʼs Memorial

• Lincoln Memorial

• Korean War Veterans Memorial

We will then cross the Memorial Memorial Bridge to Arlington National Cemetery where we will leave a poppies at selected grave sites.

Our goal is to challenge war. We will march in silence to counter the clamor for war. The remembrance poppies are to honor the warriors (Red), the massive civilian deaths (White), and the resisters who opposed the war (Black) … and not the war.

https://www.justicewithpeace.org/node/7767

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Please join us in Waging Peace.

We are planning an action a day ahead of the parade and a nighttime concert prior to the parade. Is this the simple of it? Our focal point will be veterans and active duty soldiers as the core element, with supporting organizations backing our effort. We formed to counter Trump’s parade … but we recommend if Trump doesn’t do a parade that we continue this work to still hold a March to reclaim Armistice Day as A Day To Remember and respect our fallen brothers and sisters throughout the world, in each country, and to never forget the folly of war. “

https://www.facebook.com/events/199226197326956/