Independence from America at Menwith Hill
Mavis and Roger Iredale explain how activists made their mark at a US base in Britain
The Fourth of July, traditionally the day for the USA’s celebration of Independence from Britain, is also the opportunity for a quite different annual celebration by Quakers from the North of England supported by many others: the Independence from America Demonstration held at the gates of Menwith Hill air base near Harrogate in Yorkshire. This year’s demonstration outside the straggling collection of huge white ‘golf balls’, cameras and antennae attracted nearly 200 people on a windy day with occasional heavy showers across windswept landscapes of North Yorkshire.
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