Armistice Day

Celebrating peace: A work in progress

22 Nov, 2019 in Robert C. Koehler by PeaceVoice

“Veterans For Peace, an organization that speaks truth to war like nobody else, is attempting to reclaim Armistice Day, the Nov. 11 holiday that was flipped on its head 65 years ago when it was renamed Veterans Day…”

Author: Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Emmitsburg Maryland News-Journal, PeaceWorker, Free Press, Bainbridge Island Review, Pagosa Springs Colorado Daily Post, Counterpunch, Common Dreams, Smirking Chimp, Conscious Life News, Gilmer West Virginia Free Press
Date: 2019: November 13, 14, 17, 23, December 17
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Happy Interdependence Day

5 Jul, 2019 in Tom H. Hastings by PeaceVoice

“Over the years, the traditions and cultural feelings associated with holidays change; Mothers’ Day began as a peace holiday…”

Author: Tom H. Hastings
Published in: The Sierra County Prospect, Pagosa Springs Colorado Daily Post, The Broward County Florida Westside Gazette, North Ogden Utah Sentinel News
Date: 2019, July 4, 5, 10
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Armistice Day First

9 Nov, 2018 in John LaForge by PeaceVoice

“It gets harder to commemorate World War I, because of time and the public’s embrace of, or indifference to, a permanent war economy. About the Great War British novelist H.G. Wells wrote on August 14, 1914, “This is already the vastest war in history. … For this is now a war for peace…”

John LaForge
Published in: The Argus Observer, Antiwar, Nuke Watch Info, The Reader Weekly, Pagosa Daily Post, The Russophile, Common Dreams, Cranston Herald, Bainbridge Island Review, The Sunburg News, Gilmer Free Press, The Smirking Chimp, Johnston Sunrise
Date: November 8,10,11,12,13,14,18,25,2018
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No Lives Matter or Can We Murder Murder— Did MLK Get It Wrong?

7 Nov, 2017 in Kary Love / Nuclear by PeaceVoice

“We are all fighting about which lives matter. The truth is, no lives matter…”

Kary Love
Published in: City Watch, Sierra County Prospect
Date: November 8,9,2017
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Bring Back Armistice Day and Honor the Real Heroes

17 Oct, 2017 in Arnold Oliver by PeaceVoice

“How in heck did Armistice Day become Veterans Day? Established by Congress in 1926 to “perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations…”

Arnold Oliver
Published in: Valley Journal, Counterpunch
Date: October 19,25,2017
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Repurpose 11 November

10 Nov, 2015 in Tom H. Hastings by PeaceVoice

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“The origins of Armistice Day, also known as Remembrance Day, were all about ending war, marking the signing of a ceasefire to begin to halt the destruction of World War I. That signing occurred on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 1918. Since the vast majority of war dead in World War I were military, it was inaugurated as a commemoration of their service and sacrifice.”