VETERAN peace campaigner Bruce Kent unveiled a plaque to promote the message of peace in Bonn Square, Oxford, yesterday.
The plaque, by the New Road Baptist Church reads: “Peace – to honour those who seek another path in place of violence and war.”
David Partridge, an inter-faith worker in Oxford and retired priest, said the plaque had been a long time in the planning.
Mr Partridge said: “The idea started back in 2003 after the invasion of Iraq, when lots of people around Oxford in small groups protested against the war.
“We wanted to commemorate that and show people there is another way.”
Mr Partridge hoped the plaque would stay there to promote peace for a long time.
He said: “It is amazing and I can’t believe it actually happened – it needs to weather quite a bit but I hope people will be reading the message in years to come.”
The plaque was funded by various Oxfordshire groups and supported by Oxford City Council.
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