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<B>From: </B>Doug Rawlings <rawlings@vfpmaine.org><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B><listserv@vfpmaine.org><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:50:09 -0700<BR>
<B>To: </B><listserv@vfpmaine.org><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Saint Patricks Peace Parade - Please come to Boston<BR>
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New England Chapters of Veterans For Peace and Others,<BR>
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Please read our "Call for Help" below and please consider joining us in<BR>
Boston for our fabulous Saint Patricks's Peace Parade for Peace, Equality,<BR>
Jobs, Social and Economic Justice. Bring your flags and banners, if you know<BR>
a band please invite them. There are over 700,000 people who view the<BR>
traditional parade. We have to march one mile behind the traditional parade,<BR>
there were still thousands waiting for us. This years's parade will be much<BR>
larger. Please join us.<BR>
Please see the attached flyer and description of the parade, it's history<BR>
and where we are.<BR>
Thank you, have a great day,<BR>
Pat Scanlon<BR>
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Veterans For Peace<BR>
Call for Help<BR>
Saint Patrick's Peace Parade<BR>
Alternative Peoples Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Social and Economic<BR>
Justice<BR>
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When: Sunday, March 18<BR>
Where: South Boston<BR>
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Please join us for our Second Annual Saint Patrick's Peace Parade, the<BR>
Alternative Peoples Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Social and Economic<BR>
Justice.<BR>
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Once again Veterans for Peace have been denied to walk in the Saint<BR>
Patrick's Parade in South Boston. Last year they gave us a reason for the<BR>
denial, "They did not want the word Peace associated with the word Veteran".<BR>
Well last year, in three weeks time, we pulled our own permit and had our<BR>
own parade with 500 participants. We had to walk one mile behind the<BR>
traditional parade. We had lead cars with our older vets as Grand Marshals,<BR>
Vets For Peace, MFSO, Code Pink and numerous other local peace groups.<BR>
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Also: Seventeen years ago the gay and bisexual groups in Boston were also<BR>
denied. They were the first groups we reached out to and invited them to<BR>
walk in our parade. Last year we had Join the Impact with us.<BR>
We also had church / religious groups, and labor. Last year we stole the<BR>
press, it was a controversy and we received front page coverage and<BR>
editorial articles in all of the major newspapers, radio and television<BR>
reports.<BR>
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This year we anticipate 2,000 people in our parade, multiple bands, we have<BR>
a Duck Boat, the Ragging Grannies will be singing from the top of the boat.<BR>
We have a trolley for older folks not able to walk. We may have floats. We<BR>
will have multiple street bands, a large religious division, a large labor<BR>
division and "Occupy Everywhere" division, including Occupy Boston and<BR>
numerous other Occupy groups.<BR>
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All we need is you, your VFP chapter, peace groups, GLBT groups, religious<BR>
and labor groups and Occupy groups. Please come to Boston and join us in<BR>
this fabulous parade.<BR>
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Please see the attached flyer and a description of the Saint Patrick's Peace<BR>
Parade, it's history and where we are. Also attached is the parade route.<BR>
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On behalf of the Saint Patrick's Peace Parade Organizing Committee.<BR>
Thank you,<BR>
Pat Scanlon (VN 69')<BR>
Coordinator, VFP Chapter 9, Smedley Butler Brigade patscanlonmusic@yahoo.com<BR>
978-475-1776<BR>
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