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Week 1 of #AnniesDiary100, 2-11 February 1924: London, Liverpool & the Transatlantic Voyage

Link here to view Timeline of key dates from the American Peace Tour as recorded through ‘Annie’s Diary’. Let’s start retracing the steps of Wales’ #WomensPeacePetition America Tour of 1924, looking baxk ‘#OTD’ from 2024! Images – from WLNU Press Clippings scrapbook in Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU) Archives, […]

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#Peace100 Anniversaries, #OTD 10th January: League of Nations, Wales and UN

Over 2022, WCIA will be producing regular ‘Peace100’ features on significant Peace Heritage anniversaries – ‘Hidden Histories’ from the archives of the Temple of Peace and beyond. 10th January, On This Day (#OTD): The League of Nations came into being in Paris, 10 January 1920 The League of Nations, the […]

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International Women’s Day 2021: Countdown to Centenary of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition to America

International Women’s Day on 8 March has been marked annually as a United Nations Day since 1975 – designated ‘international women’s year‘ – building on a tradition started in March 1911, when the first “International Women’s Day” was started by women in Austria, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark. In the 100 […]

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Peace100: WCIA Gregynog Festival Lecture will mark Centenary of post-WW1 Paris Peace Treaty

Wales’ Temple of Peace and Health was built as the nations’ memorial to the fallen of WW1 – thanks to the vision of one family of philanthopists from Powys, who made it their mission to support the people and communities of Wales in building a better world. David Davies (1880-1944), […]

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