(VFP) Memorial Day Events - 2008

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Teaneck, New Jersey - Chapter 021

NAME OF EVENT: Cedar Lane Spring Festival
LOCATION OF EVENT: Teaneck, New Jersey
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Family festival on Cedar Lane, Teaneck.
Special honors for military, past and present.
TIME: Noon to six pm.
DATE: Monday, May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Veterans For Peace, New Jersey Chapter 021

Jersey City, New Jersey - David Cline Memorial

NAME OF EVENT: Vietnam Veterans Day Event
LOCATION OF EVENT: Pershing Field, Jersey City, New Jersey
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: There is a memorial in the park in large part because of Dave Cline. This year's ceremony will honor Dave.
TIME: 3 to 5 pm.
DATE: Monday, May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Jersey City Veterans Administration (at Pershing Field where VFP Chapter 021 holds meetings)

Grand Prairie, Texas - Chapter 106

NAME OF EVENT: Peaceful Tomorrows with our Troops and Vets
LOCATION OF EVENT: Grand Prarie, Texas
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: A 5K run/walk cosponsored with the local Disabled Vets Chapter.
TIME: 8:00 AM
DATE: Monday May 26th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Bernie Jezercak, 972-492-7509
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 106

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - Chapter 152

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony - sponsored by the United Veterans of Bethlehem
LOCATION OF EVENT: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: There is a short parade from Liberty High School to Memorial Park Cemetery where there is a ceremony consisting of songs, speeches, and the release of doves. Veterans for Peace will be wearing VFP vests and carrying our VFP banner as well as a large banner: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace - Honor Veterans - No More War
TIME: 9:30am to 11:00am
DATE: May 26th
CONTACT INFORMATION: Louise Legun, 610-437-5314
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Lehigh Valley Veterans for Peace, Chapter 152
WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/lvvfp152

Albany, New York - Chapter 010

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Albany, NY
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Annual parade organized by Tri-county Council of Vietnam Era Veterans. VFP Chapter 10 will be marching as a unit, with other veteran & civic organizations.
TIME: 9am
DATE: May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Dan Wilcox, 518-482-0262, [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: #10 (Tom Paine Chapter)
WEBSITE: www.vfpchapter10.org

Alpine, TX - Chapter 151

NAME OF EVENT: Re-dedication of Arlington Southwest
LOCATION OF EVENT: Arlington Southwest, 4 miles East of Alpine, TX
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Sunrise ceremony, including taps and reading of names of Texas military killed in Iraq since dedication of Arlington Southwest. Also, inclusion of all Texans killed in military action in Afghanistan.
TIME: 8:00 AM
DATE: May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Paul Schaefer, 432-837-7150
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Chapter 151
WEBSITE: http://www.bigbendveteransforpeace.blogspot.com/

Chicago, IL - Chapter 026

NAME OF EVENT: Combined Chicago IVAW/VFP/VVAW Memorial Day Ceremony
LOCATION OF EVENT: Chicago Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, North-East corner of Wacker & Wabash, Chicago, IL.
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: 10:30 Folk Music by Anna Stange, 11:00 Speakers from Chicago IVAW, VFP, VVAW and MFSO on theme of "Veterans and Immigration,"
12:00 Conclusion with laying of flowers at Memorial Fountain.
13:00 IVAW Party and Fundraiser at National Vietnam Veterans' Art Museum, 1801 S. Michigan Ave. (1 block East of Michigan at 18th St.), Chicago, IL.
TIME: 11:00-12:00 Hrs.
DATE: Monday, May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Mike Woloshin: [e-mail]
Ken Nielsen: [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Cpl. Joseph E. Powers-Chicago Area Chapter 26
WEBSITE: www.chicagovfp.org

Santa Barbara, CA - Chapter 054

NAME OF EVENT: Arlington West Candlelight Vigil
LOCATION OF EVENT: Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, California
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: To commemorate Memorial Day 2008 Chapter 54 Veterans For Peace will maintain the 3000 crosses of Arlington West on the beach overnight on Sunday May 25, with an honor guard of veterans. After a ceremony at sundown, led by Santa Barbara Mayor and VFP Associate Member Marty Blum, candles will be lit around the perimeter of the memorial. On Monday May 26 Colonel Ann Wright (USA Retired) will visit and join our chapter in a series of Memorial Day events, in collaboration with other veterans organizations.
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
DATE: Sunday May 25
CONTACT INFORMATION: Lane Anderson ,Bob Potter [phone]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 54, Santa Barbara, California
WEBSITE: www.vfpsb.org


Boston, MA - Chapter 009

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day For Peace
LOCATION OF EVENT: Christopher Columbus Park, Boston Harbor, Boston MA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Please join Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against The War, Gold Star Families For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out for a ceremony for peace on Memorial Day, to remember and mourn those who died — but also to say that we want no more dead in senseless, immoral wars for oil and American Empire.
TIME: 2 PM
DATE: 5/26/08
CONTACT INFORMATION: [e-mail]
Nate Goldshlag
781-643-3307
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Smedley D. Butler Brigade Chapter 9
WEBSITE: http://smedleyvfp.org

Binghamton, NY - Chapter 090

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Binghamton NY
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: There will be a annual Memorial Day parade on Monday 5/26 in Binghamton with Veterans Organizations, local Fire, Police and other civil servants, civic groups participating as well as local High School bands etc, parade steps off at 2 PM from American Legion Post 80 on Main street at intersection with Chapin Street
TIME: 1:30 PM
DATE: May 26th
CONTACT INFORMATION: George McAnanama
[e-mail]
or 607-759-8491
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Broome County Vtereans For Peace Chapter 090

Vienna, VA - Chapter 016

NAME OF EVENT: Viva! Vienna!
LOCATION OF EVENT: Vienna, Virginia
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Celebrating the unity and strength of the Vienna community and honoring Memorial Day. This event, a time of family fun and remembering the sacrifice of the nations veterans and troops. Booth #303 will have 2 games, the Virginia Honor Roll, 3 petitions, a roster for signing up new members and various literature. Delwin Anderson's widow will visit us some time during the event. We will also try to get one or both of the WWII veterans to visit. 50,000 visitors expected.
TIME: 10 am-6 PM
DATE: May 25 & May 26
CONTACT INFORMATION: Veterans For Peace
Delwin Anderson Memorial Chapter
www.vfpdc.org
[e-mail]
TEL: [phone]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Delwin Anderson Memorial Chapter chapter 16
WEBSITE: www.vfpdc.org

Santa Monica, CA - Chapter 007

NAME OF EVENT: Arlington West Santa Monica
LOCATION OF EVENT: Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Arlington West Santa Monica will be available to the public for 3 days beginning on Saturday May 24th. Live radio broadcast on Sunday. See our web site for details
TIME: 0700
DATE: May 24th-26th
CONTACT INFORMATION: 323-934-3451
310-398-0056
310-339-1770
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Los Angeles Chapter of Veterans For Peace
WEBSITE: http://www.arlingtonwestsantamonica.org/memorialday.html

Brunswick, ME - Chapter 001

NAME OF EVENT: Dud Hendrick
LOCATION OF EVENT: Brunswick, Maine
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Brunswick-Topsham Maine Memorial Day Parade--standard Patriotic parade. Theme: National Guard and Reserves. VFP (001) has particpated many times in the past with VFP banners and True Cost of War flyers. We have also in the past pulled a float with white crosses memorializing the lost American and Iraqi lives as well as a scale model of a Huey gunship depicting Hugh Thompson's courageous intervention at My Lai.
TIME: 0800
DATE: Monday, May 26
CONTACT INFORMATION: Dud Hendrick
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: VFP (001--Wm Ladd Chapter)
WEBSITE: www.mevfp.org

Blaine, WA - Chapter 111

NAME OF EVENT: Arlington Northwest Memorial Display - Tribute to our Fallen Troops
LOCATION OF EVENT: Peace Arch Park, Blaine, WA
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: The Bellingham and Seattle chapters of Veterans For Peace are once again sponsoring ARLINGTON NORTHWEST, a traveling exhibit honoring our fallen soldiers in Iraq. This year’s display of nearly 4,100 markers, fashioned after Arlington National Cemetery, has been endorsed by the national coalitions of VETERAN FOR PEACE and IRAQ VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR (IVAW). A memorial ceremony at the Peace Arch will be conducted at 2 p.m. with accompanying bagpipes and bugler. Display guides and free parking available.
TIME: 9am - 6pm
DATE: Monday, May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Gene Marx, 738-8462 or Chapter Coordinator Doug Bestle, 739-4702
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: CPL Jonathan Santos Memorial Chapter 111
WEBSITE: http://www.vfp111.org/

Cape Cod, MA - Chapter 041

NAME OF EVENT: Cape Cod Memorial Day Parade and Program
LOCATION OF EVENT: Main Street Centerville -Starts at C'ville Library to Beechwood Cemetery in the town of Barnstable
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Largest Memorial Day event on cape Cod involving local civic leaders, multiple veterans groups and a large number of community organizations, school bands, etc.
TIME: Form up at 09:30 and March at 10:00 at Centerville Library Parking Lot
DATE: Monday, May 26, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Duke Ellis 508-420-5532
Billie Stewart 508-775-4045
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Barnstable Soldiers Memorial Association - VFP Chapter 041, Member

Juneau, AK - Chapter 100

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Vigil
LOCATION OF EVENT: Evergreen Cemetary, Juneau, Alaska
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Vigil to honor the dead; laying of a wreath
TIME: 1100
DATE: 26 May 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION: Garland Walker: [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 100
WEBSITE: www.vfpjuneau.org

Palm Springs, CA - Chapter 019

NAME OF EVENT: Luncheon
LOCATION OF EVENT: Rock Garden Cafe Palm Springs
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Award winners:
Joe Beaver
Justin Blake
Dr. Rodney Turner
$17 buffet
TIME: 12 Noon
DATE: May 26
CONTACT INFORMATION: RSVP 760-325-5112
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 19

Meadeville, PA - Chapter 140

NAME OF EVENT: Memorial Day Parade
LOCATION OF EVENT: Meadville, PA (NW PA)
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: VFP and Women in Black march in the parade. We hope to have enough marchers to carry a Gold Star flag for each PA resident who died in the Iraq War.
TIME: 10:00 AM
CONTACT INFORMATION: Sandy Kelson [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: Meadville PA Chapter

Pueblo, CO - Chapter 129

NAME OF EVENT: Honor the Dead, Take Care of the Living
LOCATION OF EVENT: Vietnam War Memorial, 26th and Elizabeth St.
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: This event will feature Joe Litchfield, Vietnam War Veteran and acclaimed poet and talk show host, and the Reverend Roger Hupp (ret.) Founder of the Center For Inner Peace as well as members of VFP Chapter #129 as speakers. We will have live musical entertainment from Unexpected Pleasures, a barbershop group. There will be a display of crosses in the shape of a peace sign, photos of many of the 4,000 plus troops who have died, and laying of a wreath to honor the dead.
TIME: 6:30PM to 8:30 PM
DATE: Monday, May 26
CONTACT INFORMATION: Tracy Lay or Crystal Carkhuff, 719.544.3753 or 719.250.5356 [e-mail] or [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: VFP Chapter #129

Gainesville, FL - Chapter 078

NAME OF EVENT: The Memorial Mile
LOCATION OF EVENT: Gainesville, Florida
DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: Over 4,500 tombstones will be placed within one mile on a busy Gainesville road to remember the fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. The tombstones will be on display May 24, 25 and 26.
TIME: Dawn on May 24 to Dusk on May 26
DATE: May 24-26
CONTACT INFORMATION: Jessica Newman VFP Chapter 14/78 Press Liaison [phone] [e-mail]
SPONSORED BY / VFP CHAPTER NUMBER: 14/78
WEBSITE: http://www.afn.org/~vetpeace/