by Susan | Jan 7, 2018 | peacemaker birthdays
January 10, 1834 Lord Acton “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” January 10, 1864 George Washington Carver “How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with...
by Susan | Jan 1, 2018 | Monuments
Hyde Park was the home of Franklin Roosevelt. Outside the Presidential Library, in the Freedom Plaza, is BreakFree, constructed of pieces of the Berlin Wall (which fell in November, 1989.) It was installed in 1994. The sculpture is by Edwina Sandys, granddaughter of...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2017 | Good to Know!
1 Gantan-sai (New Years) – Shinto 2-4 Mahayana New Year – Buddhist 5 Twelfth Night – Christian 5 Guru Gobindh Singh birthday – Sikh 6 Epiphany – Christian 6 Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) – Christian 13 Maghi – Sikh 18-25...
by Susan | Dec 31, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
December 31, 1908 Simon Wiesenthal “For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.” January 3, 1892 JRR Tolkien “It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” January 5, 1932 Umberto Eco...
by Susan | Dec 25, 2017 | Monuments
The Christmas Truce Memorial was dedicated by The Duke of Cambridge Prince Harry on December 12, 2014, the 100th anniversary of an informal truce between British and German troops in the trenches of France during World War I, in which they sang carols, exchanged gifts...
