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Slide of people at a protest near the Nevada Test Site, 1983

Date

1983

Description

Color image of a man with a video camera and possibly a reporter asking questions of protesters with the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group demonstrating against nuclear testing.

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Slide of protesters marching along the highway near the Nevada Test Site, April 1986

Date

1986-04

Description

Color image of several protesters marching along the highway leading to the Nevada Test Site to demonstrate against nuclear testing. They are part of the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience). Some are carrying wooden crosses.

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Slide of protester in the desert near the Nevada Test Site, circa April 1989

Date

1988 to 1989

Description

Color image of 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).

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Slide of Rosemary Lynch and other protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, circa April 1989

Date

1988 to 1990

Description

Color image of Sister Rosemary Lynch (left), standing next to Fred (center) and other protesters at a demonstration against nuclear testing organized by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience).

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Slide of a man holding a protest sign near the Nevada Testing Site, 1984

Date

1984

Description

Color image of a man holding a sign that reads "Try Testing Peace," as part of a demonstration held by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience), a group protesting nuclear testing.

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Slide of protesters in the desert at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, circa April 1989

Date

1988 to 1989

Description

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).

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Slide of a protester standing in front of the No Trespassing sign at the Nevada Test Site, April 1989

Date

1989-04

Description

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.

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Slide of Richard Rohr and other protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, circa April 1989

Date

1988 to 1989

Description

Color image of Richard Rohr, Franciscan brother and O.F.M. (Order of Friars Minor) during a weekend of protests against nuclear testing organized by the Lenten Desert Experience (also called the Nevada Desert Experience). Behind him is a cross draped in a blue cloth.

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Nevada Desert Experience (Organization)

1957 August 06
Larry Scott and other Quakers protest nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site.
1977 August 06
Sr. Rosemary Lynch and 18 others return to the NTS to honor the anniversary of the Quaker protests.
1981
Michael Affleck, Louis Vitale, and other Franciscans in California and Nevada begin to contemplate holding a Lenten witness at the NTS to commemorate the 800th birthday of St. Francis of Assisi.
1982
Michael Affleck, Louis Vitale, and other Franciscans begin protests at the NTS.

Corporate Body

Interview with David Alan Buer, August 9, 2006

Date

2006-08-09

Description

Narrator affiliation: Nevada Desert Experience Staff

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