Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.216
Object Name
Leaflet
Title
Easter Peace March
Date
1985
Description
A red poster featuring a large illustration of a white dove. Black and red text reads: "easter peace march / from RAF STRIKE COMMAND / Walter ash / to US AF BASE DAWS HILL / high wycombe / assemble 12 noon / walters ash 5 miles north high wycombe / SATURDAY APRIL 10th / JOIN THIS MARCH / PEOPLE COUNT"
The back of the leaflet features a hand drawn map of the High Wycombe area, including the route of the advertised march. Underneath is information about the USAF base stationed there and why it is important to protest it. This was an army base that developed technology for the effective detonation of Cruise Missiles during the Cold War and peace activists protested it regularly. This particular march was organised by the Wycombe Peace Council.
