Report of the Women's Peacemakers Pilgrimage May-June 1926

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In May 1926, over 2,000 women gathered in Penygroes, Caernarfonshire waving the 'blue flag of peace' to begin the North Wales Women's Peace Pilgrimage to London - calling for Hedd nid Cledd', 'Law not War' in the settlement of international disputes. Marching via Caernarfon (where a stone plaque in Cae Llechi was laid in 2016 to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Peace Pilgrimage), and the great castles and small towns of the North Wales coast, many open public 'peace rallies' were held, before Wales' pilgrims joined at Chester those marching from Carlisle and the Scottish Borders. Together onwards they marched to Hyde Park.

This report records the UK-wide campaign of the Women's Peacemakers Pilgrimage, across all of the organisations and movements involved and all parts of the UK: Scotland, Midlands, Anglia, Brighton, Hampshire, Lands End / Cornwall, as well as the North and South Wales Pilgrimages supported by the WLNU.

From the collections of Wales' Temple of Peace - built to house the Welsh League of Nations Union (WLNU) - who through the British LNU were partners in the Joint Council of the Peacemakers Pilgrimage, collectively publishing this report on behalf of:

Arbitrate First Bureau,
British Federation of Youth,
British Women's Temperance Association,
Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Free Church Women's Council,
Girl's Life Brigade,
International Theosophical Order of Service.
Leageu of the Church Militant.
League of Nations Union.
London Brotherhood and Sisterhood Federation,
National Council for the Prevention of War,
National Council for Women,
Nationel Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship,
National Union of Teachers
National Union of Women Teachers.
National Women Citizen's Association.
No More War Movement
St Joan's Social and Political Alliance.
Scottish Co-operative Women's Guild.
Societv of Friends.
Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations.
Union of Democratic Control.
Women's Co-operative Guild.
Women's Freedom Legoue
Women's International Leaoue.
Women's Labour Party.
Women's National Liberal Federation.
Young Women's Christian Association