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Peter (the Art Wall Company) , Lord Bates and muralist CODE FC and Dini Kennedy
Murals 4 Mankind grew from a simple gesture of support for what was thought a good cause. In 2012 the London Evening Standard printed an article about Lord Michael Bates' "Walk for Truce,' that was to preceed the 2012 London Olympics.
The 3,000+ miles walk from Olympia in Greece to London was to draw attention a 1971 UN Resolution which called for all warring nations to lay down their arms during the Olympic Games which though signed unanimously was routinely ignored by all 193 member states.
Peter Mackeonis, at the Art Wall Comapny, decided to support the cause by commissioning a Peace Flag from up and coming artist Jach Haslehurst and asking artists CODE FC and Dini Kennedy to paint a mural on his family's wall (on the side of Peter the Pleater) on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch (see link to full stiory ).
Completed "Walk for Truce" Mural
The event was a great a succes with Lord Bates acompanied by a grpup that included the then Minister for Sport, in the pouring rain, removed the tarpaulins to uncover the mural.
And The Art Wall Company gaver birth to Murals 4Mankind.org.
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