November 11, 2019, is Armistice Day 101 (or 102), over a century since World War I was ended at a scheduled moment (11 o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918). For decades in the United States, as elsewhere, Armistice Day was a holiday of peace, of sad remembrance and joyful ending of war, of a commitment to preventing war in the future. The holiday’s name was changed in the United States after the U.S. war on Korea to “Veterans Day,” a largely pro-war holiday on which some U.S. cities forbid Veterans For Peace groups from marching in their parades.
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Resources for your event helping to restore Armistice Day:
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One activity for 11 a.m. wherever you are, or some other appropriate time, is bell ringing. Here’s a kit from a Veterans For Peace chapter on a past Armistice Day.
Get and wear white poppies in UK and Canada.
Flyers:
World BEYOND War flyers.
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#ArmisticeDay #NoWar #WorldBeyondWar #ReclaimArmisticeDay
Shirts and Sweatshirts:
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Educational Materials:
About Armistice Day:
Armistice Day 100 in Santa Cruz Film
Celebrate Armistice Day, Not Veterans Day
Tell the Truth: Veterans Day Is A National Day of Lying
An Armistice Day Newspaper from Veterans For Peace
Veterans Group: Reclaim Armistice Day As Day Of Peace
A Hundred Years After the Armistice
New Film Takes Stand Against Militarism
On Armistice Day, Let’s Celebrate Peace
Armistice Day 99 Years On and the Need for a Peace to End All Wars
Reclaim Armistice Day and Honor the Real Heroes
Audio: David Rovics on Armistice Day
Audio: Talk Nation Radio: Stephen McKeown on Armistice Day
About the Trump Weapons Parade We Helped Prevent in 2018:
Trumparade of 2018 Stupidest Idea Since Philadelphia Liberty Loan Parade of 1918
Hundreds of Thousands To Protest President Trump’s Military Parade If It Occurs
Veterans For Peace Condemns Military Parade
Marches on Washington to End the Wars
About the militarization of societies, police, and schools:
JROTC, Military Indoctrination and the Training of Mass Killers
Inside the U.S. Military Recruitment Program That Trained Nikolas Cruz to Be “A Very Good Shot”
Florida Gunman Nikolas Cruz Knew How to Use a Gun, Thanks to the NRA and the U.S. Army
Cruz, Instagram, and the Civilian Marksmanship Program
Can You Give Two Days to Stop the Slaughter?
