Gold Star Families for Peace
Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) is a United States-based organization founded in January 2005 by individuals who lost family members in the Iraq War, and are thus entitled to display a Gold Star. It is considered an offshoot of Military Families Speak Out. Gold Star Families for Peace now includes more than 65 families of troops killed in Iraq. Joining with organizations including Veterans for Peace, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, Military Families Speak Out, the Crawford Peace House and others, GSFP is actively protesting US military action in Iraq. They  have used speaking engagements, congressional testimony and protests throughout the United States. GSFP regarded the George W. Bush administration's reasons for those operations as falsehoods and grounds for impeachment of George Bush. Protest in Crawford, Texas. On August 7, 2005, the group arrived in Crawford, Texas in a bus provided by Veterans for Peace, painted red, white and blue with the words "Veterans For Peace Impeachment Tour" on it and demanded to talk with President Bush. Prior to arriving at Crawford, the group had been in Dallas attending a Veterans for Peace convention. In recognition of the action and  continual opposition to the US-led war in Iraq, in 2006 Gold Star Families for Peace and Cindy Sheehan were awarded the 'Domestic Human Rights Award' by Global Exchange, an international human rights organization based in San Francisco. GSFP founding members. As of 2005 Gold Star Families for Peace included 65 family members of soldiers killed in Iraq. GSFP mission statement and purpose. Membership: