Armistice Day

Armistice Day For Peace – Saturday November 11:  Every year for over a decade we have had our Armistice Peace March behind the “official” Veterans Day parade in Boston. We continued that tradition this year as well. Article in… Read More

From Boston.com: St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march

St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march In this March 20, 2016, photo, members of OutVets march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston. –Steven Senne / AP By Mark Pratt, Associated… Read More

Globe Article: Warriors Celebrating Peace, Not Themselves

vets for peace

Pat Scanlon and other members of Veterans for Peace were interviewed for this excellent article in the Boston Globe. So proud of our veterans who have seen the horrors of war, and now commit themselves to peace. It… Read More

Boston Globe Article

St. Pat's Peace Parade

Gays in parade, but Veterans for Peace shunned Globe Staff/File 2013 David Carlson of Brighton marched in the Veterans for Peace parade in 2013. The organization has been barred from joining the main St. Patrick’s Day parade in… Read More

Rainbow Times Article on VFP and St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Saint Pat's Peace Parade

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: Paying Homage to VFP, Gay Inclusion By: Christine Nicco*/TRT Reporter— OUTVETS and Boston Pride’s participation in the less exclusive South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, organized by the Allied War Veterans Council, AWVC, is… Read More

NECN “No Parade for Veterans for Peace?”

Vietnam Vet Pat Scanlon and Sarah Wunsch of MA ACLU discuss the exclusion of Veterans for Peace from Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

The Peace Parade Battle is far from Over!

Pat Scanlon

Boston.com featured story: After a year of reaching out to the city of Boston with no response, the Massachusetts chapter of Veterans for Peace (VFP) announced Monday that they’ve canceled their annual St. Patrick’s Peace Parade. The group’s decision to… Read More

Boston.com ‘Veterans for Peace,’ ACLU Sue City Over St. Patrick’s Parade Application

News Story Link: Boston.com ‘Veterans for Peace,’ ACLU Sue City Over St. Patrick’s Parade Application   By Chris Caesar Boston.com Staff | 02.12.15 | 5:25 PM A local branch of Veterans for Peace and the ACLU filed a First… Read More

Sam Adams and Mayor Walsh should sponsor St. Patrick’s Peace Day

by Carol Rose, On Liberty March 14, 2014 01:38 PM I like Sam Adams beer. I also like Samuel Adams, the American patriot, after whom the beer was named. As I’m sure all of you history buffs recall,… Read More

Carlos Arredondo serves as grand marshal for Boston Peace Parade (NECN video)

(NECN) – South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was not the only parade in the city Sunday. The Peace Parade followed one mile behind and along the same route as the St. Patrick’s Day parade. It was organized… Read More