Veterans Day Rally for Peace
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About 25 veterans and supporters gathered and rang bells outside the Rochester Armed Forces Recruiting Center at 11:11 AM this Veterans Day. Despite it being a national holiday the recruiting center was open. The rally was organized by Veterans for Peace and Band of Rebels, a local activist group comprised mainly of retirees.
Attention was called to the armistice that ended World War I on November 11 1918. Supposedly "the war to end all war" it failed to prevent World War II or a subsequent number of others. Attention was also called to another incident that took place on November 11 1887 when 4 Chicago Anarchist were executed for a crime they were wrongly convicted of.
Bells were rung 11 times at 11:11
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