Memorial Day Press Release

Veterans For Peace.org

• For Immediate Release
• Veterans For Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org
• NEWS ADVISORY CONTACT:David Cline: 201 876-0430 May 25, 2005 daoudc@...
• Veterans For Peace Remembers and Commemorates the Sacrifices Made by theNation’s Fallen Service Men and Women, Memorial Day 2005
• Who: Veterans For Peace, a national organization of military veterans includingmen and women from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, the Iraq War,other conflicts and “peacetime.”
• What: Memorials, vigils and solemn programs.
• Why: To remember the fallen and educate the public about the human cost of war.Across the nation, veterans, military families and friends will gather on MondayMay 30, 2005 to remember fallen loved ones, comrades and all service members whohave died in defense of our nation. Veterans For Peace will commemorate thesewomen and men who have made the ultimate sacrifice with vigils and solemnprograms. Several chapters will display temporary cemeteries to represent theover 1,600 fallen in the current conflict in Iraq. Other chapters will have laywreaths, flowers, have speakers, readings and march in parades.Veterans For Peace National Executive Director stated, “It is not enough tosimply remember and mourn. If we are able, we must also act. As Gene Glazer a World War II medic and Veterans For Peace board member once told me, ‘There is no better way to remember the dead than to defend the living.’ We have a responsibility to educate the public on the human cost of war, the lives shattered, broken and lost. We stand as witnesses to this terrible cost and we say to our fellow citizens there is a better way. Join us as we walk the path of peace.”
• For more information, please visit www.veteransforpeace.org .
• Veterans For Peace is a national organization founded in 1985. It is structured around a national office in Saint Louis, MO and comprised of members across the country organized in chapters or as at-large members. The organization includes men and women veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, other conflicts and peacetime veterans. Our collective experience tells us wars are easy to start and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent. Thus,other means of problem solving are necessary.#####
• Veterans For Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org
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