by Susan | Feb 23, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 23, 1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 22, 1974 Cesar Chavez began a United Farm Workers march from Union Square in San Francisco to Gallo Winery headquarters in...
by Susan | Feb 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 21, 1958 The CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) symbol, the peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, was designed and completed by Gerald...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2017 | Monuments
We close our monumental tour of Berlin with the Brandenburg Gate, an archetypal example of how the symbolism of monuments evolves. The Gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia and, when completed in 1791, was named the Peace Gate (German:...
by Susan | Feb 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 20, 1991 A gigantic statue of Albania’s long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital Tirana, by mobs of angry...
