Archive for October 2015
FIVE PEACE POLES dedicated on the International Day of Peace at Lutheran Social Services in Fargo, North Dakota-USA
September 21, 2015 No matter what is going on in your world, consider taking just a second or two to think about something most of us probably take for granted – peace. People from Syria, and other countries in the Middle East, are being forced from their homes. Those in Ukraine are likely worried about…
Read MorePeace Pole to Celebrate the International Day of Peace at UCC, York Beach, Maine-USA
SEPTEMBER 20, 2015 We are Union Congregational Church (UCC), at York Beach, Maine. Sunday we had peace cranes and pinwheels for peace. Also, we dedicated our Peace Pole that we have had for a few years. Our minister is new and was all for it. I’ve had our tiny congregation writing prayers for peace on…
Read MoreTroop 777 of Tamaqua- Boy Scouts of America- erected a Peace Pole in Tamaqua, PA-USA
September 21, 2015 Troop 777 of Tamaqua- Boy Scouts of America- erected a Peace Pole at 24 N. Railroad St. Tamaqua, PA 18252 and dedicated it to the citizens of Tamaqua during a ceremony led by Bradley McAloose. Bradley chose to plant a Peace Pole for his Eagle Scout project 2 years ago. Bradley sold…
Read MorePeace Pole Gifted to Swami Vishwananda at Bhakti Marga in Frankfurt – GERMANY
July 11, 2015 On July 11, 2015, the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Bhakti Marga center, a spiritual center and community near Frankfurt , Germany, a peace pole and a certificate was conveyed to Swami Vishwananda for his outstanding accomplishments for world peace over the last 20 years. The mission of…
Read MoreHiroshima Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration – August 5 in Central Park, New York-USA
August 5, 2015 The World Peace Prayer Society helped to commemorate Hiroshima Day in New York at Strawberry Fields in New York’s Central Park on the evening of August 5, 2015 to coordinate with events in Japan. Bells were rung for a Moment of Silence at the time the atomic bomb exploded 70 years…
Read MorePeace Pals Art Exhibition Inauguration entitled “Hiroshima” in Hannover, GERMANY
August 4, 2015 The exhibition was held in the very impressive Town Hall of Hannover organized by the Japanese-German Friendship Circle of Hannover. The guests of honor were the Japanese consul of Hamburg: Mr. Takao Anzawa, Ambassador of Japan for Germany, Ambassador S.E. Takeshi Nakane, from Berlin, Mayor of Hannover, Mr. Thomas Hermann and Vice…
Read MorePeace Cranes to Celebrate Sadako Day-Bridgeport, Connecticut-USA
August 6, 2015 The City of Bridgeport offers a state of the art after school educational and recreational program in partnership with our community based organizations and the Bridgeport public schools. Over 3,000 children are seen daily with enrichment activities that support school day learning. The program is also offered during the summer at neighborhood…
Read More70,000 Cranes for Peace—Lewisburg, Pennsylvania-USA
LEWISBURG — With a steady clang of a gong and incense in the air, about 60 people walked a half-mile in silence down Market Street on Thursday in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Leading the procession from Soldiers Memorial Park west to Hufnagle Park was Nancy Cleaver, carrying a…
Read MorePeace Pole for “No More Hiroshimas” a Multimedia exhibit at Burlington College, Vermont-USA
August 1- September 26, 2015 “No More Hiroshimas” is an exhibit by StaciAnne Grove that ran from August 1 – September 26th at Burlington College in Vermont. The show featured graphic design work about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Throughout the entrance to the gallery and gallery itself a river of…
Read MoreWOW CELEBRATION- “WE SPREAD PEACE, ONE EDIBLE PIECE AT A TIME!” –Edible Arrangements-Poughkeepsie, NY-USA
July 11, 2015 In July, 2005, I opened the first Edible Arrangements store in the Hudson Valley. It was a small store (1050 square feet) located at 10 IBM Road in Poughkeepsie. Sue Serino, New York State Senate from Hyde Park, NY, with Aislinn Smith, franchise owner of Editable Arrangements, Poughkeepsie, NY Ten years later…
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