STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

We, having dutifully served our nation, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others

(a) To increase public awareness of the costs of war
(b) To restrain our government from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations
(c) To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons
(d) To seek justice for veterans and victims of war
(e) To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

“The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history…. Our military men and women…were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters…?” — William Sloane Coffin

Veterans For Peace - William Ladd Chapter
P.O. Box 10, Deer Isle, ME 04627
207-409-7432

Veterans For Peace - William Ladd Chapter is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolition of war.

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Next meeting September 30, Morrell Room, Curtis Library, Brunswick, ME — Here

Minutes from July 22, 2010, Holiday Inn By The Bay, Portland— Here

Minutes from past meetings here

This Issue cable TV show features Tom Sturtevant from Maine Veterans for Peace — click Here

Maine VFP Members Participate in Walk for a Nuclear Free Future and Conversion to a Peaceful Economy — click Here

VFP William Ladd Chapter 1 co-sponsors Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home — click Here

Build Gulf of Maine Wind Turbines in Maine at BIW — click Here

Korea/US Issues — National Campaign to End the Korean War — Past Articles

Acupuncturists Serve Area Veterans at Portland Free Clinic — click Here

"Cost of War" Display Available for local libraries. Click here for pictures of display.  Contact Doug Rawlings (rawlings@maine.edu) if interested in having the display in your local library

VFP William Ladd Chapter 1 and Others in Portland on Veterans Day — click Here

VFP Chapter 1 at Common Ground Fair — click Here

For other Past Actions!, click Here

Bruce Gagnon's speech — Creating an Integrated Vision for Nuclear Abolition — delivered in Nagasaki at the Mayors for Peace Conference — Details

Examining Vietnam-era war crimes — Review by Michael Uhl — Details

New Book containing Michael Uhl Essay — Details

William Ladd, The Apostle of Peace 1778-1841 — click Here

Young People Write About War — click Here

Nights Lantern — offering writings by John Bart Gerald and artwork by Julie Maas, and suppressed works by others — click Here

Out, Out, Out of Afghanistan — A poem by Kendall Merriam — click Here

Commission to Protect the Lives and Health of Members of the Maine National Guard — click Here

Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualty Counter

Afghanistan Casualties — The Final Roll Call — click Here

Iraq Vets Against the War Updates — click Here

War On Iraq — Top Military Recruitment Lies — click Here

Nursing Home Abuse Center — The Nursing Home Abuse Center is an informational website created to help the elderly and their loved ones who are concerned about nursing home abuse and neglect. Click Here for Veterans and Nursing Home Abuse.

America's VetDogs CFC — click Here or Here

Mesothelioma Statistics — An organization devoted to assisting veterans through their application processes for VA benefits — click Here — Or for information and a free information packet — click Here

Knowledge Is Power — Alternatives To The Military Links in Maine and Nationally

Put a human face on the war — The War Comes Home

Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes — click Here

Operation Support and Defend Resources List of Veterans Groups

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The War In Afghanistan archive — click Here