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Hidden History: 100 Year Anniversary of Welsh Women's Peace Petition to the USA - A Special ZOOM Event

Invited by WalesWeek/NewEngland, Heddwch Nain Mam-Gu USA, supported by Cymru a'r Byd (Wales International), will host this Zoom presentation titled "The Hidden History”.

It will tell the story of how 390,000 signatures were collected by Welsh Women and given to American Women in a Peace Petition following the horrors of WW1.

How did they do that? What happens next?

Presented by Ann Griffith & Susan Davies Sit of Heddwch Nain Mam-gu USA. 

Ann Griffith

Presenter Ann Griffith is a native Welsh speaker raised in Aberystwyth. She is the VP of the Washington DC St. David’s Society and on the Board of Wales International/Cymru Am Byd and was the Wales International President at the Eisteddfod in 2022. Ann has been involved with Heddwch Nain/Mam-gu for over 3 years, and has family connections to the 100 year old petition. She is excited to be working on this peace project that has already started developing links between Cymru and the USA.

Susan Davies Sit

Presenter Susan Davies Sit, was born in Colwyn Bay, north Wales, now living in CT and is a Welsh learner. She was in the hospitality business in Wales, Greece and the Middle East. She is President of the Welsh Society of Western New England and a member of Heddwch Nain Mam-gu working on publicity and research.

This is an early bonus event celebrating our Wales Week in New England 2023
Click here to vist our Wales Week page for an overview of the events being sponsored by WSWNE and other New England Welsh societies to coincide with Wales Week events around the world!

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Later Event: February 18
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