Saturday, November 13, 2021
Greenfield Town Common, 11 am – noon
November 11, 2021, is Remembrance /Armistice Day — 103 years since World War I ended in Europe. This year, the Traprock Center for Peace & Justice and Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution Peace Task Force will mark the anniversary during their weekly vigil at the Greenfield Town Common, on Saturday, November 13, 11 am – noon.
“We will be out to support calls from Veterans for Peace and World Without War to return Armistice Day to its original meaning, a day to advocate for the ending of all war,” explains Marty Schotz, convenor of the Continuing the Political Revolution’s Peace Task Force.
Bells to ring for peace
“We are grateful to the Second Congregational and Unitarian-Universalist churches in Greenfield for supporting this call by ringing their church bells at 11AM on the 13th “ says Traprock’s Pat Hynes. “This is a traditional and solemn way to call the public to attention.”
Traprock and the Peace Task Force invite all interested to join the Standout. Signs to hold and printed information to read and share will be on hand. All are welcome.
Background: from Armistice to Veterans Day
“For decades in the United States, as elsewhere, this day was called Armistice Day, and was identified as a holiday of peace, including by the U.S. government. It was a day of sad remembrance and joyful ending of war, and 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, because the day has become understood as a day to praise war — in contrast to how it began.” — worldwithoutwar
Veterans For Peace calls on everyone to stand up for peace this Armistice Day. See more on their website https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/armistice-day
