More Vets for Peace Holiday Parade Pictures

 These photo were taken by Melody Shank. 

Vets for Peace in Holiday Parade from Asheville Citizen Times

 

Chapter 099 in the Asheville Holiday Parade

Photos by Cindy Heil. Parade was on 11-20-21. I am not sure of the identities of all the people in the photos, but it looks like a great time was had by all.

More Armistice Day photos from VFP event on 11-11-21

 Rachael Roberts Bliss: “Today I reclaim with Veterans for Peace Armistice Day, a day to remember the end of war and celebrate peace. Veterans deserve our thanks by us opposing all future wars while growing peacemaking throughout the world. We had a large group that met this morning at the Elder and Sage Community garden in the rain.”

WNC Veterans for Peace, Chapter 099, marked Armistice Day on November 11, 2021. The event started at 10 AM and ended at 11 AM with the Basilica  ringing their bells eleven times at the end to mark the anniversary of the ending of WW1 at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Armistice Day was later changed to Veterans Day, but Veterans for Peace are trying to reclaim it again as Armistice Day. Photos below were posted by Rachael Bliss.

Cindy Heil

Gerry Werhan and Rachael Bliss

Armistice Day by WNC Veterans for Peace Chapter 099

 Posted photos by Heather MacLachlan on Facebook.  Her caption:  "Downtown Asheville Veterans /Armistice day on  Thursday, November 11, 2021."

Gerry Werhan, current Chapter President.

 

 

Cindy Heil

 

 

 

Ken Jones

Reject Raytheon Asheville Action on Nov 6, 2021

 From Ken Jones:  Reject Raytheon shows up at P&W bridge site for the COP26 Global Day of Action on Climate Justice.

 

Reclaim Armistice Day 2021!

Every year Chapter 099 of Veterans For Peace celebrates November 11^th as a day for peace. As veterans, we know that a day that celebrates peace, not war, is the best way to honor the sacrifices of veterans.

 

This year’s celebration will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00, and on. We will be holding the event in the public space adjacent to the Elder and Sage Community Gardens in downtown Asheville near the corner of Page Avenue and Battle Square. There will be music, readings, signage, commentary, tabling with educational and inspirational materials along with fellowship in peace in abundance as we fill the hour leading up to the bells of the Basilica ringing 11 times.

 

Gerry Werhan, President of VFP 099, will be available for interviews, either by phone or in person. Contact him at (828) 490-1872, or at <president@vfp099.org>.

 

Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985 by 10 U.S. veterans in response to the global nuclear arms race and U.S. military interventions in Central America.

VFP now has veteran and associate members in every U.S. state and several countries. The organization holds a permanent Non-Governmental Organization seat at the United Nations