The statue of Joseph Struge. Photo: Photo: ProCivitate / Wikimedia Commons CC.
New Peace Trail
Joseph Sturge statue included to Birmingham City Centre Peace Trail
The statue of Quaker Joseph Sturge (1793-1859) in Birmingham is included in the newly launched City Centre Peace Trail. The trail is one of a number of Peace Trails being established in British cities. The public monument of Joseph Sturge, which was unveiled just three years after his death in 1862, is incorporated into a walk that visits other places and monuments that celebrate individuals and institutions linked with peace in the city.
Joseph Sturge was a committed Quaker whose life was dedicated to a variety of political and charitable causes, such as improving the lot of the poor in Birmingham, campaigning against slavery in the West Indies and the USA, and promoting peace.
