[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       Do the Santa Clara Greens want to be listed as co-sponsors of an 
Armistice Day observance rigging bells 11 times at the 11th hour on the 
11the day of the 11th month?  See below.


       Spencer


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for 
Peace 2013
Date: 	Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:44:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: 	Charlotte Casey <ccasey at pacbell.net>
Reply-To: 	sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com
To: 	sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com <sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com>



Ditto for San Jose Code Pink, Women for Peace


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*From:* Joan Bazar <joanbazar at sbcglobal.net>
*To:* sjpjcboard at googlegroups.com
*Sent:* Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:25 PM
*Subject:* Re: SJPJC-Board Please Co-Sponsor VFP101 Ringing Bells for 
Peace 2013

Yes.
No question at all about wilpf endorsing, cosponsoring and turning up.  
Send me any other details so I can post them to our national list.
Joan B
On 10/15/2013 12:30 PM, Phil wrote:
>
> If possible I would like the San Jose Peace and Justice Center and its 
> member groups to Co-Sponsor the VFP101 Ringing Bells for Peace 2013 
> event on November 11.
> “Co-Sponsor” for this event means to let members of your groups know 
> about the event and ask them to participate if they are available.
> When I make the flyer I will list groups that Co-Sponsor.
>
> Phil Pflager
> ======================================================================================
> Ringing Bells for Peace 2013
> On November 11, 1918 the guns of the "War to end wars" fell silent 
> after more than 29,000,000 soldiers had been killed or wounded. Bells 
> rang out across the world to celebrate the silence, and in 1938, 
> Congress declared Armistice Day, November 11, a national holiday, "to 
> be dedicated to the cause of world peace."
> Veterans for Peace Chapter 101 invites you to observe ARMISTICE DAY by 
> ringing bells 11 times at 11:00 on November 11 as was done at the end 
> of World War I when the world came together in realization that war is 
> so horrible we must end it now. Please ask your local church to ring 
> their bells and join us at 11am on the corner of Fourth and Santa 
> Clara streets in San Jose for a solemn gathering of bell-ringing for 
> peace.
> After the solemn gathering, the 11am bell-ringing and a minute of 
> silence there will be an opportunity to address the gathering with 
> personal reflections. Banners and signs are fine but it would be best 
> if the ambience were more reserved until after the bell is rung.
>
> In 1954 Congress changed the holiday to "Veterans Day" to include 
> World War II and November 11th became a day to honor American veterans 
> of all wars rather than a day dedicated to the cause of world peace. 
> In 2008, at the Veterans For Peace national convention it was voted to 
> return to the original name of the holiday, "Armistice Day" in an 
> attempt to restore the original intent.
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