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2022:

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day Bellringing

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees Blossom in Portsmouth!

2021:

Governor Proclaims Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day on September 5th

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees 

2020:

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum welcomes Joseph S. Nye, Jr. (virtual)

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day Bell-ringing

Arbor Day in Portsmouth Celebrates Living Memorial Cherry Trees

2019:

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum welcomes Jake Sullivan

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day Bell-ringing

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees noted with City Historical Marker

2018:

Living Memorial Cherry Trees Bloom in Portsmouth

2017:

NH Humanities Program at Portsmouth High School Explains Portsmouth-Nichinan Friendship

Japan America Society of NH Celebrates 105th Anniversary of DC Cherry Trees, Planting Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees

2016:

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum Examines Evolving Geopolitics of Asia with Harvard's Graham Allison and Brookings Institution's Fiona Hill

NH Citizens Celebrate Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum Celebrates 110th Anniversary of TR Nobel Peace Prize with Display of Medal and Russian Peace Conference Documents

Manchester Historic Association & Friends of Stark Park Host Program on Citizen Diplomacy, Manchester & Portsmouth Peace Treaty

2015:

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Anniversary Committee Celebrates 110th Treaty Anniversary in 2015

Portsmouth Historic Sites present "Life & Death on the Piscataqua" Symposium: Treaty 110th Anniversary

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum Receives Rare Russian Photographs

NH Bar Association International Section Awards Daniel Webster International Lawyer of the Year Honors to Charles B. Doleac

 

2014:

Temple Israel Hosts “Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize & Portsmouth’s Jewish Community” on Sunday, November 23, 2014

Students from Nichinan Commemorate Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees

Japan-America Society of New Hampshire Commended by Japanese Government

Governor Hassan Proclaims Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day on September 5^thCelebrates Citizen Diplomacy with Bell-Ringing in Downtown Portsmouth

Hanover, Dartmouth and the Japan-America Society of NH Welcome Sister City Delegation on July 26

Portsmouth High School Students in Nichinan Just As President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Announce Plan to Double Student Exchanges with Japan by 2020

Weeks Memorial Library Hosts Lancaster 250^th Program:  “Teddy Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize Diplomacy, Lancaster’s Denison and the Portsmouth Peace Treaty” on June 30

Japan-America Society of New Hampshire Celebrates Blooming of Portsmouth Cherry Trees with
Pecha Kucha “Suddenly, Bloom!” on May 8 and Cherry Blossom Package at Wentworth By the Sea Hotel

2013

Japan-America Society of NH Launches Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Project

Concord’s Franklin Pierce Brigade Hosts “Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize & the Portsmouth Peace Treaty” on September 26, 2013

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day – September 5^th – Celebrates Citizen Diplomacy with Bell-Ringing  and Unveiling of Historic Marker in Downtown Portsmouth

Japan-America Society of New Hampshire Welcomes Cherry Blossom Festival Author to Cherry Tree Tea on May 11

Japan-America Society of NH Receives $10,000 Grant from The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership for Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial

2012

Japan-America Society of New Hampshire Participates in Portsmouth Peace Treaty Exhibit in Matsuyama City, Japan

Portsmouth Attorney Joins Russian and Japanese Scholars for International Symposium on the Russo-Japanese War & Portsmouth Peace Treaty

Amherst and Wilton, New Hampshire Host NH Humanities Programs on  “Theodore Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize” & Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day 

2011

Charles B. Doleac, President of Japan-America Society of New Hampshire, receives Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette

2010

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day Legislation Honors Citizen Diplomacy

"Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day" Bill Signed 

Role of Faith in Portsmouth Peace Treaty Explored in New Film Documentary

Bill to Make September 5th "Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day" Passes NH Legislature

2009

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum Presents President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech – Uncut and Unedited -- on December 12

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Exhibit & Lecture at The Fells Looks at 1905 Events

Annual Bell-ringing on Sep 5th at 3:47 pm Marks 104th Anniversary of Portsmouth Peace Treaty

Discover Portsmouth Center Hosts "Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize: New Hampshire on the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail"

Weeks Memorial Library Hosts “Teddy Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize Diplomacy: Lancaster, New Hampshire and the Portsmouth Peace Treaty” on March 29

Congregation Ahavas Achim Hosts Lecture on "Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize Jacob Schiff and Portsmouth's Russian Jewish Community" in Keene on May 17

3rd Annual Portsmouth Peace Treaty Concert on Jun 20 honors "Peacemakers & Diplomats"

2008

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winning author Samantha Power on Dec 6

2nd Annual Portsmouth Peace Treaty Concert: "Peace & The Presidency, Music for George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt"

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum 2008 Calendar of Events

2007

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum welcomes Ambassador Dennis Ross

Labor/Portsmouth Peace Treaty Parade on September 23rd

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Exhibit Opens at NH State Archives in Concord

Portsmouth commemorates Treaty and Theodore Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize

Seacoast Wind Ensemble presents "Serenade for World Peace: Best of the Bankd Concerts 1905-07"

2006

Nobel Peace Prize Commemoration celebrates "Spirit of Portsmouth Peace Treaty" (Dec 2006)

Portsmouth commemorates Nobel Peace Prize anniversary (Dec 2006)

"An Uncommon Commitment to Peace" Exhibit Catalogue published (Jul 2006)

2005

Library of Congress recognizes Portsmouth Peace Treaty website (Sep 2005)

Portsmouth Peace Treaty exhibits educate, enlighten, entertain (Sep 2005)

Dartmouth College Symposium Sep 8-10, "Treaty and Its Legacies"

Governor's Dinner recreates August 1905 welcome (Aug 2005)

Green Acre Baha'i School recreates 1905 events, "Toward a Culture of Peace" symposium (Aug 2005)

"An Uncommon Commitment to Peace" exhibit opens (Jul 2005)

Portsmouth Celebrates Peace Treaty Centennial (May 2005)

15-week Centennial Concert Series scheduled (Apr 2005)

Richard Haynes, Jr. creates powerful symbol for treaty celebration (Apr 2005)

NH Art Association presents juried "Art of Peace" competition and exhibit

Pontine Theatre reprises "The Peace of Portsmouth"

Portsmouth Peace Treaty Trail created (Jun 2005)

Schoolchildren make cranes for Children's Museum Peace! Exhibit (May 2005)