Conscientious objectors to be honoured in Hitchin

A new peace garden will commemorate conscientious objectors

by Tara Craig 11th March 2016

A new peace garden in the grounds of Hitchin Meeting House will honour conscientious objectors, among others.

Friends have been planning the garden for more than a year. They intend to create a path around the Meeting house grounds, that joins a number of ‘points of interest’. The first of these will be a seat bearing an appropriate inscription. Adjacent to the bench will be a free-standing information plaque that explains conscientious objection in the first world war.