Biography
John Amidon is a Marine Corps veteran and longtime Albany, New York peace organizer. He has served as president of Veterans for Peace’s Tom Paine Chapter 10 and has organized against drone warfare, nuclear weapons, torture, and military recruitment in schools. On April 1, 2026, police arrested, cited, and released him within an hour during a roadway blockade at Creech Air Force Base.
Portrait source: John Amidon photographed in Albany on April 23, 2012 by Paul Buckowski / Times Union. The source caption names him and identifies his Veterans for Peace role. Source credited; no open-license claim is made.
Custody record
Amidon’s firsthand Friends Journal account describes arrest, handcuffing and station transfer during the December 23, 2016 Hancock Field Nativity protest. Contemporary Times Union reporting also places him in Onondaga County jail. The exact release date and time served remain unconfirmed.
