The National Peace Garden will inspire in every visitor, regardless of age, nationality, or personal history, the conviction that Everyone can make peace, and to succeed, everyone must. Peace is very difficult but always possible. Peace is an active choice, not a passive state.
Peace is a matter of education.
Manuela King One of the Garden's goals is to encourage young visitors to think and learn about peace. An estimated seven million school-children visit Washington, DC each year. Programs directed by a full-time curator will encourage school groups and other participants to reflect on personal definitions and commitments to peace as well as solutions to violence. As people move through the Garden, they will discover inspiring quotations, exhibits, interactive games, and other activities that will engage their minds and their hearts. The Garden will educate and encourage their commitment to peace as an individual, a member of a local community, and a world citizen.