And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks… Isaiah 2:4.

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8!

30 Years Ago...On September 9, 1980 , eight religious peace and anti-nuclear weapons activists entered a General Electric (now: Lockheed Martin) plant in King of Prussia and hammered on and “disarmed” Mark 12A nuclear warhead casings. They were called the Plowshares 8. The following spring in the Montgomery County Court in Norristown, PA., all were found guilty of  burglary, conspiracy, and criminal mischief.   Nearly seventy-five "swords into plowshares actions" have occurred over the past thirty years across the country and in Europe, many involving long prison sentences for its participants. 

30 Years Ago... The Brandywine Peace Community provided the initial organizing and support for the Plowshares 8 as well as the similar GE 5 action in October, 1981. 

Now, 30 Years Later, on Labor Day weekend, September 5, in King of Prussia, PA... the Brandywine Peace Community  invites you to join with the Atlantic Life Community, and other peacemakers, to publicly celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8, and to re-dedicated ourselves to the works of justice and peace, stopping Lockheed Martin (world's largest war profiteer and the U.S.'s chief nuclear weapons contractor), abolishing nuclear weapons, and ending war.

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Very Special Event about Yesterday and Today, and the Future
Sunday, September 5, 2 p.m.

Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8
Demonstration – Re-Dedication to Nonviolent Action for Peace

Lockheed Martin
230 Mall Boulevard (Mall & Goddard Blvds.)
Valley Forge/King of Prussia, PA (behind the King of Prussia Mall)

Bell-Tolling Vigil - Mall & Goddard Boulevards
Short walk to Lockheed Martin main driveway entrance .
An actual Mark 12A warhead casing (like the ones the Plowshares 8 “disarmed” thirty years ago) will, emblematic of Lockheed Martin, stand in front of the arms giant's corporate logo. 
Ceremony of Re-dedication to Justice and Peace.
Music - Speakers - Statement of the Plowshares 8

Demonstration will be followed by a short car caravan through King of Prussia, to the nearby former GE plant (now: Lockheed Martin) where the Plowshares 8 action occurred on Sept. 9, 1980.

For more information, including directions/MAP, parking, public transit, as well as more on the Plowshares 8, 30 years of Plowshares actions, and the Atlantic Life Community, which will be holding its next gathering over the Labor Day weekend, visit www.brandywinepeace.com .


Brandywine Peace Community, P.O. Box 81, Swarthmore, PA 19081 
(610) 544-1818 brandywine@juno.com www.brandywinepeace.com
In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Plowshares 8
support the continuing work of the Brandywine Peace Community.


Another Labor Day weekend invitation:  
Fri., Sept. 3 – First-Friday Movie at Peace Center of Delaware County BREAD & ROSES - a timely depiction of undocumented workers seeking justice. ( www.delcopeacecenter.org )