{"id":1630,"date":"2010-11-12T02:02:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T06:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2010-11-12T02:04:12","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T06:04:12","slug":"armistice-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/fensterm\/2010\/11\/12\/armistice-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Armistice! War to End All Wars is Over!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918…<\/h1>\n

… an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Armistice<\/p>\n

It was the end of fighting on the Western Front of The Great War<\/strong>. The War to end All Wars<\/strong> was essentially over. The following year President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11, Armistice Day<\/strong>. But there was another great war in Europe. In it’s wake, the first one became World War I<\/strong>. In 1954, President Eisenhower, ‘repurposed’ the holiday into Veteran’s Day.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I have never served in the military, but I have spent most of my adult life marching. This year, Pat Scanlon, speaking and performing his music at the Community Church of Boston<\/a>, invited us to march with the Veterans for Peace<\/a>, Boston Chapter<\/strong> proudly known as the Smedley D. Butler<\/a> Brigade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Pat<\/p>\n

Pat said, “We’re marching behind the street sweepers again.”<\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/p>\n

All the other veterans were in front of the Emergency Medical Special Operations Unit. One veteran from Community Church[below right] is recovering from recent heart surgery. He said he might not go the full route.<\/p>\n

\"Ken<\/p>\n

We followed the rest of the parade past the State House.<\/p>\n

\"Veterans<\/p>\n

Some of the Veterans for Peace are also members of Code Pink and the Raging Grannies.<\/p>\n

\"Code<\/p>\n

We then split off to go the Sam Adams Park.\u00a0 I have pictures from there too. Come back later. But for now:<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

John C went the distance.<\/p>\n

More on an antiwar vet Mime, poetry from Langston Hughes, Paul Atwood from the Joiner Center at Umass Mandela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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