September 7, 2026 | Events, Photos
Several VFP members had the honor to present Bill Leonard with the Howard Zinn lifetime achievement award! Members of Bill’s family joined us as we shared stories and reminisced about his decades of peace activism.
November 17, 2024 | Action, Armistice / Veterans Day, Events, News, Photos, Videos
Photos and Video from Martha Spiess Armistice Day Video In 1918, on the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” an armistice was signed to end hostilities on the western front of WW1. It was a date commemorated as “Armistice Day” or “Remembrance Day”...
October 5, 2024 | Action, Active Duty, Events, Photos, Reports, Videos
On September 21, 2024, International Day of Peace, Robert Shetterly unveiled his most recent portrait: Doug Rawlings. The event took place in the Peace and Social Justice tent at the annual Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Common Ground Fair in Unity,...
April 26, 2024 | Events, Meeting Minutes, News, Photos, Views
On Thursday night, April 25th, a dozen of us from the VFP chapter celebrated the amazing work of Don Kimball as he prepares to move to San Diego, California. His legacy for our chapter includes his amazing work over the years with unhoused veterans and his project of...
December 15, 2022 | Events, News, Photos
On December 14th, sixteen people gathered at the Curtis Memorial Library to celebrate the life of Peter Woodruff. Peter’s widow, Maggie, was in attendance along with Peter’s two brothers and a sister-in-law. The VFP chapter members who attended spoke of...
November 13, 2021 | Action, Events, News, Photos, Videos
Veterans For Peace Portland Maine “Reclaim Armistice Day 2021” rally Video and photo by Martha Speiss...
