Peace group kicked out of Milwaukee Veterans Day parade

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-vet03.html

MILWAUKEE -- Organizers of the Milwaukee Veterans Day Parade scheduled Saturday have banned the local Veterans For Peace chapter from the event, saying the group's political activism violates the spirit of the parade to honor veterans.

''I will not allow anything political,'' Mary Ann D'Aquisto, president of Veterans Day Parade of Milwaukee Inc., said Tuesday.

She appeared at a news conference called by John Zutz, a leader of the local peace group, to denounce the action.

''You're trying to use our parade to further your political agenda,'' D'Aquisto told Zutz. ''It's a political organization; not a veterans organization.''

[HereSince1628]

1. Good to see the story reported yesterday is getting coverage

D'Aquisto and her band of flag wavers need to have public pressure put on them.

[tanyev]

2. I didn't realize peace was political.

Silly me.