EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Ulster Vanguard
Object Name: Political poster
Date Made: 1972
1972
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast
Belfast
Description: Ulster Vanguard Party poster, printed black on orange. 'Province Wide Rally, at Ormeau Park, March 18th 1972. Ulster Vanguard was launched on 9 February and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people attended this rally. In his speech at this rally Vanguard leader William Craig controversially stated, ‘If and when the politicians fail us, it may be our job to liquidate the enemy.’
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1973
1973
Catalogue Number: BELUM.O400.1973
Copyright: National Museums NI

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