A banner displayed in Edinburgh. Photo: David Somervell.

Quakers across the country expressed their commitment to peace on Armed Forces Day

Friends promote peace at military celebrations

Quakers across the country expressed their commitment to peace on Armed Forces Day

by Tara Craig 3rd July 2015

Quakers across Britain marked Armed Forces Day, 27 June, by expressing their commitment to peace in a variety of ways.

Members of South East Scotland Area Meeting produced a leaflet to distribute in Edinburgh. They handed it out during a parade and military ‘entertainment’, Jane Pearn explained to the Friend.