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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
(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