Signs, banners, and flags are available for vigil participants or vigil participants can bring signs to the vigil.

Camp Ripley is located at 15000 Highway 115, north of Little Falls. Vigil participants may park along the right-of-way.

The vigil seeks to increase public awareness of the devastation drone warfare causes by protesting against Camp Ripley’s drone pilot training program. Camp Ripley does not fly drones overseas, but the training it provides enables pilots to use killer drones.)

The vigil will demand the termination of drone warfare, the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the Middle East, and a complete end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war on Yemen.

The vigil supports a ceasefire and a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine to end the Ukraine War. The vigil opposes the U.S. arming, funding, and training the Ukrainian military as these actions prolong the Ukraine War and risk a catastrophic war between the U.S. and Russia. The vigil calls on the U.S. to support every diplomatic effort to end the Ukraine War.

The vigil opposes the U.S. sanctions regime and regime change operations. The vigil supports the U.S. peacefully resolving disputes with other nations through diplomacy based on international law, the right to self-determination, and respect for national sovereignty.

The vigil will be in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The vigil supports the Black Lives Matter movement’s demand to demilitarize the police force. (Camp Ripley is a major trainer of state and local police forces.)

The vigil’s pro-peace message will counter the pro-war propaganda Camp Ripley spreads at Open House Day, the biannual event when Camp Ripley invites the public to visit the base.

Everyone is welcome to join the Camp Ripley peace vigil. Please join us