Vets for Peace

And, this morning outside of First Congregational Church in Binghamton a bell rang 11 times. Veterans for Peace hosted the ceremony. The group wants all nations to work for peace and hopes that Veterans Day can be a time to promote peace, which was the original intent of Armistice Day. George McAnanama says, Veterans day was established back in 1954 and they basically never redid the legislation which basically promotes peace and understanding among nations. They just changed the name Armistice Day to Veterans Day. If we look at the context of the times we were in a cold war and many people of all nations were suspect. My opinion is that we should always be striving for peace and dialogue and not abandoning dialogue in times of conflict. Originally Armistice Day was founded in 1926.

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