by Susan | Aug 29, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 29, 1758 The first Indian reservation, Brotherton, was established in New Jersey. A tract of three thousand acres of land was purchased at Edge Pillock, in Burlington County. The treaty of 1758 required the Delaware Tribes, in exchange for the land, to renounce...
by Susan | Aug 28, 2017 | Monuments
The artist of the sculpture is world-renowned Mexican sculptor, Sebastián, and was commissioned by the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos AEM (Mexican Entrepreneur Association). The sculpture was presented as a gift from the Mexican government to the City of San...
by Susan | Aug 28, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 28, 1963 The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of half a million gathered on the Mall in Washington,...
by Susan | Aug 27, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
August 27, 1952 Miguel Angel Ruiz “Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.” August...
by Susan | Aug 27, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
August 27, 1685 The Strasbourg Agreement, signed between France and the Holy Roman Empire, banned the use of poison bullets in conflict. The next major agreement on chemical weapons did not occur until the 1925 Geneva...
