Author: plowsharesbelltower
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Jacquelyn Harris, Nurse
For the Military Men in Her Life Plaque Quote: I saw the men, my father and his friends, come home from war different. These military men had pain that they hid, sometimes in abuse, alcoholism, and other ways. They all died early, leaving their children and their wives with scars that still aren’t healed, leaving…
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For Great-Uncle Percy Fletcher (Gassed During WWI)
This is my great-uncle, Percy Fletcher, and he was gassed during the First World War. He returned from the war and, unfortunately, because he was gassed, his two daughters died very young. They were only two and three years old when they both died. I know that he wasn’t the same man when he came…
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Tom Baker, NCSU Student Veteran Plaque: “Iraq War Mistake.”
I served there in 2009 and 2010. Really, the only way to sum it up is, it was a mistake. We shouldn’t be there right now. I think that people in this country need to pay more attention to what our government’s doing. The main problem is that the AUMF (Authorization for the Use of…
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Paul Appell, Vietnam Veteran exposed to Agent Orange
(For PFC Aaron Barnes- exposed to depleted uranium munitions in Iraq) I never met him when he was alive. The Army kicked him out because they said his weight was fluctuating, but they said there was nothing wrong with him. His mother held a fundraiser, so he could go to a private doctor. And it…
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DC Memorial Weekend Installation – Visit and Volunteer!
We need YOU to come to DC this weekend to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and our own touring memorial, The Swords to Plowshares Belltower, which will be set up nearby, with VFP volunteers keeping watch 24/7 from Saturday morning through Monday night! map On Memorial Day morning, for the third year running, Veterans For Peace from around…
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Thanks for joining us! As we build this website, we hope we can include your stories and your ideas! We hope you will watch our short intro video and then contact us and share some information about yourself. Then we hope we can work together to raise awareness about the costs of war on ALL…
Swords to Plowshares Belltower Memorial 