Arent there other peace memorials?
Before beginning this project in 2005 we conducted an exhaustive online search for peace memorials and monuments. The results were disappointing. In many U.S. cities you will find “peace monuments” that are actually memorial to a war or to war dead. One of the more prominent is the Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial in Ohio. Another is the Peace Monument on the grounds of the Capital that commemorates naval deaths during the Civil War. The concept appears to be that you earn the peace by winning a war. Although several other countries have peace memorials that could serve as a model for one here, none are focused on the U.S. peace movement. The U.S. has some as well, but all are local, not national. These include the Peace Memorial Park, Portland, OR; Peace Garden at Fresno State University, CA; the Lyndale Park Peace Garden in Minneapolis, MN; the Peace Plaza in Salem, OR; Peace Garden in Harrisburg, PA; Prairie Peace Park in Lincoln, NE, and the Pacifist Memorial at Peace
