Matthew 5:9 - Vera Brittain Blue Plaque - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK. - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
She was the mother of Liberal Democrat Shirley Williams.
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A blue plaque marking the house where she was born is located on Sidmouth Avenue.
The plaque is inscribed as follows;
'Newcastle-under-Lyme Civic Society
Vera Brittain
(1893-1970)
Writer and Reformer
was born here
29th December 1893
'Blessed are the Peacemakers'
2007'

The quote "Blessed are the Peacemakers" is from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 5 verse 9 in the New Testament of the Bible. It is the seventh verse of the Sermon on the Mount, and also seventh of what are known as the Beatitudes.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (visit link)

Address: 9, Sidmouth Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK. Website: Not listed

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