Color image of an underpass near the Nevada Test Site with graffiti images and text, including: "R.I.P. Shirley Harris - Died of Cancer July 1987 - I Loved You Mother." Image was taken during a Franciscan weekend of peaceful demonstrations against nuclear testing.
1980 (year approximate) to 2000 (year approximate)
Description
Women, Peace, and Solidarity protestors at the Nevada Test Site. Joan Smith (third from left) and Sister Rosemary Lynch (fourth from the left) circa 1980-1999. For a similar image see pho006392.
Color image of people involved with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing. One is carrying a wooden cross.
Color image of protesters nailing papers to a large wooden cross at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert on Good Friday. The names of nuclear tests have been written on the papers.
Color image of Felicitas Lilleaper (sp?) and Sister Klaryta Antoszewska sitting on the ground in the Nevada desert during a demonstration against nuclear testing organized by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience).
Color image of Sister Rosemary Lynch standing in front of the "No Trespassing" sign at the entrance of the Nevada Test Site. She was part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group opposing nuclear testing.
Color image of an underpass near the Nevada Test Site with graffiti images and text, including: "Nights like the one when we walked to Mercury are the ones in my memory that remind me why life is worth living in these catastrophic times." Image was taken during a Franciscan weekend of peaceful demonstrations against nuclear testing.
Color image of a man carrying a baby on his back at a demonstration held by American Peace Test, a group opposing nuclear testing. Near them is a sign reading, "Fund Human Needs."