The VFSS at the Peace March

Singing for a good cause

Mass of people and anti-war banners on Peace March

The VFSS has a long history of participating in marches, demonstrations, and picket lines. Singing together helps us resist injustice and build a better world. Here are some photos of the VFSS singers from the peace march of 1991.

Mass of people with banners and signs, crossing Burrard St. Bridge. VFSS banner is visible!

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Don’t miss the video of the VFSS in action at the 2003 Peace March, made by Roger Howard.

If you have any other photos of the VFSS–“just” singing, please send them along!

Here is a quote from placesthatmatter.ca:

Peace Marches

Since the 1980s, Seaforth Park has been associated with peace. The 1980s and 1990s were the era of huge peace marches in Vancouver, coordinated by the group End The Arms Race. The 1981 march drew about 100,000 people, and numbers stayed large for subsequent annual marches for several years, paralleling the Cold War tensions of the time. Participants marched from Kitsilano Beach across the Burrard Bridge to the West End. Frank Kennedy from the Vancouver and District Labour Council was the principal organizer in the early years; Peter Coombes became the organizer in the late 1980s.