Plowshares-Disarmament Chronology: 1980-2018

Thanks to Kings Bay Plowshares

PLOWSHARES EIGHT: September 9, 1980 – General Electric Nuclear Missile Re-entry Division in King of Prussia, PA

PLOWSHARES NUMBER TWO: December 13, 1980- General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) shipyard in Groton, Connecticut

TRIDENT NEIN: (German for No): Independence Day, 1982 – General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) shipyard in Groton, Connecticut

PLOWSHARES NUMBER FOUR: November 14, 1982 – – General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) shipyard in Groton, Connecticut

AVCO PLOWSHARES: July 14, 1983 – AVCO Systems Division in Wilmington, Massachusetts

GRIFFISS PLOWSHARES: November 24, 1983 – Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY.

PLOWSHARES NUMBER SEVEN: On December 4, 1983 – U.S. Army base in Schwäbisch-Gmünd, West Germany

PERSHING PLOWSHARES: April 22, 1984 – Martin Marietta in Orlando, Florida.

SPERRY SOFTWARE PAIR: August 10, 1984 – Sperry Corporation in Eagan, Minnesota.

TRIDENT II PLOWSHARES: October 1, 1984 Electric Boat Quonset Point facility in North Kingston, Rhode Island.

SILO PRUNING HOOKS: November 12, 1984 – Minuteman II missile silo controlled by Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri

RESISTANCE IN CAPTIVITY – March 16, 1988 Helen Woodson walked through the main gate of Alderson Prison carrying a banner and statement protesting the nuclear arms race, pollution of the environment and prison conditions for women.

PLOWSHARES NUMBER TWELVE: February 19, 1985 – Minuteman II missile silo of Whiteman Air Force Base near Odessa, Missouri.

TRIDENT II PRUNING HOOKS: April 18, 1985 – EB Quonset Point facility in North Kingston, Rhode Island

MICHIGAN ELF DISARMAMENT ACTION: May 28, 1985 – Navy’s “Extremely Low Frequency” (ELF) transmitter antennas, Michigan

PANTEX DISARMAMENT ACTION: July 16, 1985, – U.S. Department of Energy’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant in Amarillo, Texas

WISCONSIN ELF DISARMAMENT ACTION: August 14, 1985 – ELF Communication system transmitter site, WI

MARTIN MARIETTA MX WITNESS: September 27, 1985 – MX Witness, Martin Marietta CO

SILO PLOWSHARES: Good Friday, March 28, 1986 – Whiteman Air force Base, MO

PERSHING TO PLOWSHARES: December 12, 1986*

EPIPHANY PLOWSHARES: January 6, 1987 – Willow Grove Naval Air Station, PA

PAUPERS PLOWSHARES: Good Friday, April 17, 1987 – Naval Air Development Center, PA

WHITE ROSE DISARMAMENT ACTION: On June 2, l987 – Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA

TRANSFIGURATION PLOWSHARES (WEST): August 5, 1987 – Whiteman Air Force Base, MO

TRANSFIGURATION PLOWSHARES (EAST): On August 6, 1987- South Weymouth Naval Air Station, MA

HARMONIC DISARMAMENT FOR LIFE: On August 16, 1987 – ELF Communication system transmitter site, WI

AUSTRALIAN PLOWSHARES ACTION: December 28, 1987 – Sydney Harbor, Australia

NUCLEAR NAVY PLOWSHARES: Easter Sunday, April 3, 1988 – Norfolk Naval Station, VA

KAIROS PLOWSHARES: June 26, 1988 – General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) shipyard in Groton, Connecticut

KAIROS PLOWSHARES TOO: On August 1, 1988 – EB Quonset Point facility, RI

CREDO PLOWSHARES: On September 20, 1988 – Air Force Arms Bazaar, DC

DUTCH DISARMAMENT ACTION: December 8, 1988

NF-5B PLOWSHARES: January 1, 1989 – Dutch military base

Other Dutch Disarmament Actions:

February 9, 1989,

Good Friday, March 24, 1989,

July 16, 1989

STOP WEAPONS EXPORTS-PLOWSHARES 2: February 16, 1989 – Sweden

THAMES RIVER PLOWSHARES: September 4, 1989 – Naval Underwater Systems Center in New London, CT

PLOWSHARES ESKILTUNA: March 20, 1990 – FV Ordnance Weapons Factory, Sweden

UPPER HEYFORD PLOWSHARES: March 21, 1990 – Upper Heyford US Air Force Base, Great Britain

DOVES OF PEACE DISARMAMENT ACTION: April 3, 1990 – Physics International Laboratory, CA

ANZUS PEACE FORCE PLOWSHARES: January 1, 1991 – Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY.

ARMS FACTORY PLOWSHARES: March 1, 1991 – FFV Ordnance Weapons Factory, Sweden

AEGIS PLOWSHARES: March 31, 1991 – Bath Iron Works, ME

DARWIN PLOWSHARES August 17, 1991 – Darwin Royal Air Force Base, Australia

SOLDIER DISARMS RIFLE January 8, 1992 – Sweden

GOOD FRIDAY PLOWSHARES MISSILE SILO WITNESS – Good Friday April 17, 1992 – Whiteman Air Force Base, MO

HARRIET TUBMAN-SARAH CONNOR BRIGADE DISARMAMENT ACTION: May 10, 1992 – Space systems complex, Rockwell International, CA

BAE PLOWSHARES: January 6, 1993 – British Aerospace Weapons Factory, Great Britain

GOOD NEWS PLOWSHARES: Good Friday, April 9, 1993 – Newport News Shipbuilding, VA

JAS INTO PLOWSHARES: June 22, 1993 – Saab airplane factory, Sweden

PAX CHRISTI-SPIRIT OF LIFE PLOWSHARES: December 7, 1993 – Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC

ANARCHIST PLOWSHARES: January 27, 1994 – Satenas Swedish Military Base, Sweden

GOOD FRIDAY- APRIL FOOLS DAY PLOWSHARES: April 1, 1994 – Grand Forks Missile Fields, ND

JUBILEE PLOWSHARES EAST August 7, 1995 Newport News Shipbuilding. VA

JUBILEE PLOWSHARES WEST August 7, 1995 Lockheed-Martin Corporation in Sunnyvale, CA,

SEEDS OF HOPE – EAST TIMOR PLOUGHSHARES: January 29, 1996 – British Aerospace site

LAURENTIAN SHIELD TRIDENT ELF DISARMAMENT ACTION: April 22, 1996 – Elf Communications Transmitter site, WI

PRINCE OF PEACE PLOWSHARES: February 12, 1997 – Bath Iron Works, ME

WEEP FOR CHILDREN PLOWSHARES: July 27, 1996 – Naval Submarine Base, CT

CHOOSE LIFE DISARMAMENT ACTIONS: April 19, 1997 – Bofors arms factory

GODS OF METAL PLOWSHARES: May 17, 1998 – Andrews Air Force Base, Washington DC

MINUTEMAN III PLOWSHARES August 6, 1998 – Greely Missile Field

JABILUKA PLOWSHARES: August 9, 1998 – Jabiluka Uranium Mine, Australia

HMS VENGEANCE DISARMAMENT ACTION: November 23, 1998 – Barrow Shipyard, Great Britain

ALDERMASTON WOMEN TRASH TRIDENT: February 1, 1999 – Barrow Shipyard, Great Britain

BREAD NOT BOMBS PLOWSHARES: September 13, 1998 – VSEL Barrow, Great Britain

TRIDENT THREE DISARMAMENT ACTIONS: June 8, 1999 – Loch Goil, Scotland

PLOWSHARES VS. DEPLETED URANIUM: December 19, 1999 – Warfield Air National Guard Base, MD

SILENCE TRIDENT PLOWSHARES: June 24, 2000 – ELF communication site, WI

SACRED EARTH AND SPACE PLOWSHARES: September 9, 2000 – Petersen Air Force Base, CO

JUBILEE PLOUGHSHARES 2000: November 3, 2000 – Wittering Air Force Base, England

SACRED EARTH AND SPACE PLOWSHARES II: October 6, 2002 – missile silo field, CO

SHANNON PLOWSHARES: January 29, 2003 – Shannon Airport, Ireland

PITSTOP PLOWSHARES: February 3, 2003 – Shannon Airport, Ireland

NATO PLOWSHARES: February 9, 2003 – Volkel NATO Air Base, Netherlands

RAF LEUCHARS PLOWSHARES: March 11, 2003 – Fife, Scotland

RAF FAIRFORD PLOUGHSHARES: March 13 & 18, 2003 Fairford, Great Britain

SILO N-8 PLOWSHARES: August 6, 2003 New Rajm, CO

RIVERSIDE PLOWSHARES: March 25, 2003 – Navy Fleet Week NYC

DUTCH PLOWSHARES SIX: (F-16 Plowshares) August 10, 2005 – The Netherlands

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HERE PLOWSHARES: June 20, 2006, ND

WAIHOPAI PLOWSHARES: April 30, 2008 New Zealand

TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES: August 6, 2008 North Yorkshire, Great Britain

AVRUSTA! DISARMAMENT CAMPAIGN: (4 actions) October 16 & 18, 2008 Eskilstuna, Sweden

SAAB MICROWAVE BECOMING2 PLOUGHSHARES: June 24, 2008 Molndal, Sweden

SAAB PLOUGHSHARES WITNESS (CONTINUES): March 22, 2009 Linkoping, Sweden

NUCLEAR WEAPONS HERE PRUNING HOOKS: August 6, 2009 Greeley, CO

DISARM NOW PLOWSHARES: November 2, 2009 Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Maine

TIGER PLOUGHSHARES ACTION: July 21, 2011 Rockhampton Airport, Australia

CRANE PRUNING HOOKS: July 3, 2011 Kansas City, MO

TRANSFORM NOW PLOWSHARES: July 28, 2012 Y-12 National Security Complex , Oak Ridge, TN

MUOS PLOUGHSHARES ACTION: November 11, 2015 Niscemi, Sicily

BAE DISARMAMENT ACTION: January 29, 2017 Warton, Great Britain

KINGS BAY PLOWSHARES: April 4, 2018 – Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, GA