On July 29 I will have the opurtinity to introduce Military Families Speak Out(MFSO)Gold Star member Cindy Sheehan.
I remember the first mother of a soldier that was killed in Iraq that I had met.  She is also a Gold Star member of MFSO, it was with out a doubt one of the most life changing [...]

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Veterans for Peace, CPL Jonathan Santos Memorial Chapter 111

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Local Veterans for Peace and Whatcom Peace and Justice to Host
Activist/Author Cindy Sheehan

WHEN: Wednesday, July 29, 2009
WHERE:  Christ the Servant Lutheran Church
2600 Lakeway Drive, Bellingham, WA at 7 pm

Bellingham’s Veterans For Peace Chapter [...]

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Feb, 23, 2009
KIE RELYEA / THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

BELLINGHAM – After years of structure and shared purpose in the U.S. Army, veterans Mike Pereira and Kristopher Powell came home to Whatcom County, only to find [...]

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Vietnam Veteran and Friend Allen Nelson passed away this year, the cause was bone cancer, possibly from his exposure to Agent Orange during the war against the Vietnamese people. He was a marine during the Vietnam War, and what he saw changed him, as war changed me, as war changes us all. My name [...]

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Allen Nelson`s memorial on June 25 in Ishikawa Pref. Japan.   Although I never had the opportunity to meet Allen in person, since I heard of him I have always felt that we share a similar path.   When I first came to Japan last year and participated in the peacewalk, people came to me and asked [...]

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