The Washington herald., 1914-06-14
GREAT NATIONS AT PEACE A CENTURY

centenary, and numerous expositions
In order that the celebration may hay,
q concrete and practical. as well a. pa
triotic object. II has been sugEestcd b,
students of history that q great populsl
memorial to Congress be initiated. pray
ing for the construction Of q national
hall Of records at Washington. The need
for such q hall has been preosed upor
Congress for many years past. but ef.
forts 30 far have been without fruit
A souvenir volume cmbodying a sur.
vey Of the one hundred years of peace
will be compiled by Gaillard Hunt. chiei
Of the Division of Manuscripts. Library
Of Congress. The book will deal with
the negotiations leading up to the treaty
Of Ghent, and with the subsequent
growth and development OF the United
States. due largely to the era of peace.
The Washington celebration will mark
the beginning Of long series OF sue
cessive celebrations In the principal cities
OF the United States and Canada. which
are to be followed by elaborate festivi-
ties at the San Francisco Exposition.
Americana English peace monuments will
be erected along the United States
Canadian boundary line. in the capitals
Of the various States. and In other cities.
Bronze tablets OF uniform design and
lie buildings and institutions throughout
the United States. with a view to per-
petuating the object OF the celebration.
The dedication of these monuments and
tablets will be utilized for education pur-
poses by memorial exercises In churches.
schools. societies. and fraternal organi-
zations.
Memorial History Written.
A. memorial history will be written
under the joint authorship Of a repre-
sentative Englishman and representa-
tive American. with monographs by ex-
perts. on special phases OF the subject
Of peace among the Engiish-speaking
peoples.
The San Francisco celebration will in
clude a valuable exhibit. showing the
progress of the arts Of peace during the
past century.
1t has been proposed that there be a
great merchant marine parade from Buff
falo to Duluth and return. with celepra-
tions in the border cities and towns.
Plans will be formulated for cooperation
in the building Of International boule-
wards. parks, and psrkways at such focal
points as the Niagara. Detroit, Sault Ste
Marie. and the Washington State and
British Columbia frontiers. Permanent
monuments and memorials, such as wa
ter-gater. will be erected on either side
OF the border line river cities
II also has been proposed to construct
tunnel from Windsor to Detroit by way
Of Belle Island Park. as the connecting
link between the Canadian and American
boulevard systems The entire American
and Canadian frontier of $50 miles will
be marked at intervals with monuments
Of distinct and appropriate design.
One of the plans under consideration Is
in New York Harbor on a new artificial
island southwest Of Governors Island.
and facing the Statue Of Liberty. so that
both Liberty and Fraternity" may well
come the nations and peoples at the
crossroads of the worlds peaceful In
tercourse. The tentative plans OF the
national committee also include the erec-
ton of four massive pillars Of peace,
two at opposite sides Of each terminal
OF the Panama Canal, as a perpetual
reminder that 1t should forever be a
veritable pathway of peace for all the
nations.
It Is proposed to erect a museum Of
the industrial arts in New York City.
dedicated to the uses OF the people as a
place of public meeting for the promotion
Of the peaceful arts and sciences and
friendly international intercourse. In
London and Washington will be erected
two monuments. probably to the memory
OF Queen Victoria. identical in design
and legend.
A comprehensive plan will be prepared
by an international and by local COM