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Veterans for Peace is an American organization founded in 1985. Made up of male and female veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and other conflicts, as well as peacetime veterans, the group works to promote alternatives to war. The stated objective of the group is as follows:

"We draw on our personal experiences and perspectives gained as veterans to raise public awareness of the true costs and consequences of militarism and war - and to seek peaceful, effective alternatives."

An official non-governmental organization (NGO) represented at the United Nations, Veterans for Peace is structured around a national office in Saint Louis, Missouri and composed of members across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members.

Anti-war activities

Iraq War

In 2004, Southern California chapters of Veterans for Peace began installing Arlington West, a weekly "temporary cemetery" in tribute to those killed in the war in Iraq, each Sunday in Santa Barbara and Santa Monica, California.

In August 2005, Veterans for Peace provided support to Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a U.S. Army soldier killed in Iraq who embarked on an extended anti-war vigil near the ranch of U.S. President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas. In May 2004, one month after the death of her son, Casey, Sheehan had first learned of the organization after seeing coverage of the Arlington West display on television. On August 5, 2005 she spoke at the organization's 20th annual convention in Dallas, just a day before traveling to Crawford to begin her vigil. Members traveled from California to install an Arlington West display at "Camp Casey," the site of Sheehan's protest.

External links

Veterans for Peace official site

Anti-war activities

Iraq War

External links

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