Veterans for peace
chapter 163
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines Veterans Parade June 30,2012
Link to More Pictures:
"DM parade: Iowa military heroes go rolling along" July 1, 2012 Sunday DM Reg
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Fifteen IA Vet's march in the Sat. June 30, 2012 Gov's Vets Parade -
(61 photo slide show)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/frank_cordaro_and_the_dm_catholic_worker/sets/72157630371002646/
about chapter 163
Name: Veterans For Peace, Des Moines, IA
Members: Veterans and non-veterans
Charter: May, 2011
Webmaster info
Email: iapeacevet@gmail.com
MY FAVORITES
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
~Albert Einstein
"If it's natural to kill, why do men have to go into training to learn to do it?"
—Joan Baez (attributed)
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers.
~Alfred Adler
We must pursue peaceful end through peaceful means.
~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
War settles nothing.
~Dwight D. Eisenhower
As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.
~General Omar Bradley
"Fight the rich, not their wars!"
—Anonymous (headline in Freedom, January 2003)
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
~Dwight D. Eisenhower
OUR MISSION:
Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war.
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
(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 other nations
(c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
(d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war
(e) 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 democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.
THIS SITE IS ALWAYS BEING UPDATED... COME BACK OFTEN..... JOIN US! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A VETERAN TO BE PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION!
If a veteran is against war, who can be for it?
Wage Peace
Contributions to
Chapter 163:
Mail:
Veterans for Peace
(Check to VFP #163)
6082 Sheffield Circle
Johnston, IA 50131
WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER.... NEVER WAS... NEVER WILL
THIS SONG SAYS IT ALL... PLEASE LISTEN (click on link below)
Iowa City Chapter #161
Ed Flaherty
Paul Deaton Solon, IA
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Linn County Chapter 169
Robert Crozier
Joe Aossey
Next Meeting:
Next DM VPP meeting Monday, Febr. 18 - 5:30 p.m. at the Phil Berrigan CW
House, 713 Indiana Ave. DM IA (515)282-4781
All are welcome, veterans or non-veterans, members or not.... Join us in our cause.
