Honour Those Who Have Died Due War/Conflict and Occupation – That’s What This Holiday is For
May 25, 2009 7:56 am HistoryFrom Veterans for Peace
THIS MEMORIAL DAY VFP HONORS ALL THAT HAVE DIED
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Let’s remember: this holiday is not Armistice Day, or Armed Forces Day, or the birthday of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard or Merchant Marine….It’s Memorial Day
It is a day to mourn ALL who have died in war. A day to remember ALL the victims, the vast majority of whom are our brothers and sisters who, by an accident of birth, were born on the receiving end of the bombs and the occupations. Mourn them. If you march, carry a sign saying so.
Mourn our comrades. Mourn the dead and the wounded, the human beings who came back dehumanized because of what their government sent them to do.
But this day we mourn more than our own military dead. Yes, we are veterans, but we are also VETERANS FOR PEACE.
Abolish war and all the mourning it causes.
