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Help Promote Peace ~ Memorial Mile ~ Memorial Day Observance

Opportunity to volunteer in Madison, Sat. May 28th, starting at 9 am for a couple hours: You can help Veterans for Peace Chapter #25 set up the “Memorial Mile” along Atwood Avenue in Olbrich Park.

Because of COVID, for the past two years, we were unable to install the long stretch of tombstones, which we have created as a remembrance of one of the worst costs of war. We find the world today in a hazardous state and believe it is important to again install the Memorial Mile as a reminder of the costs of war, particularly when use of nuclear weapons is now “on the table”.

 

Do you think you might be able to assist with the Memorial Mile this year? Let us know as soon as you can.  Let us know if you can bring friends.

 

Please respond to John at

jhfour@gmail.com

 

Volunteers are critical to installation of the 6,000+ tombstones (Photo by Paul McMahon)

Watch 2021 Memorial Day Peace Rally – Progressive Magazine and Veterans for Peace

organized by Veterans for Peace Madison, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25, David Giffey and Norm Stockwell of Progressive Magazine

Link to video…

2021 Memorial Day Peace Rally  

Link to Facebook event including  Progressive Magazine Youtube of video…

Memorial Day Rally Facebook Event

We honor those lost: military and civilian and our friends and compatriots lost among Veterans for Peace.  Thanks to Norm Stockwell, David Giffey, Paul P.T. McMahon,  Fran Wiedenhoeft and Brad Geyer, along with all of the members of Veterans for Peace.

 

Thanks to Judy Miner of the Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice and Veterans for Peace Madison for helping with publicity.

 

Thanks to Brian Albert of LeftEffect Media.  Thanks to Steve Ringwood for producing the video.

 

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Memorial Day Peace Rally 2021

The Clarence Kailin Chapter #25 of Veterans for Peace and The Progressive magazine present the

Annual [this year virtual] Memorial Day Peace Rally – Madison, Wisconsin 

Photo: Clarence Kailin at the Spanish Civil War Veterans monument in Madison WI – May, 2008

Monday,  May 31 – 1:00-2:00 pm CDT – live on Facebook at: Annual Memorial Day Peace Rally by VFP Madison & Progressive Magazine Online

and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/theprogressive]

 

With Guest Speakers the Reverend David Couper and David Giffey, plus one of this year’s high school essay awardees.

With live music by Old Cool and others, poetry- and more.

Concluding with the laying of carnations at the Spanish Civil War Veterans monument and bagpipes by Sean Michael Dargan.

 

Tell your elected officials to oppose new fighter jet junk. We need education and healthcare, not more warfare.

Also, we have yard signs. Get a yard sign.

Original Post – WNPJ

Contact: Brad Geyer of VFP #25 geyerb@yahoo.com

https://madisonvfp.org/

 

Cancellation: Memorial Mile and Memorial Day Peace Rally 2020

Due to the virus and surrounding precautions, Veterans for Peace-Madison has collectively decided to cancel our annual events for Memorial Day.


Music provided by Sean Michael Dargan

 

Memorial Day Peace Rally 

Gates of Heaven Synagogue

James Madison Park, Madison


 

 

Memorial Mile

Thousands of markers signifying the US military lives lost since 2001

 

The Mile – Video