Greenham Common

British

/ ˈɡriːnəm /

noun

a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000

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The women's peace camp continued as a general protest against nuclear weapons until RAF Greenham Common was decommissioned in 2000.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

The cruise missiles were removed from western Europe, including Greenham Common.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2019

In the early 1980s, hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Bonn, West Germany, and campaigners formed a protest camp at Greenham Common, in Britain, the site of Cruise missiles.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2018

The restored Skytrain was pictured in a famous photo of Allied commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower talking to airborne troops at Greenham Common, a staging area, before the jump.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2018

The sheep and lambs that appear so little, because they are such a way off, are grazing on Greenham Common.

From The Sheep and Lamb by Miller, Thomas

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