Beautiful pink/orange granite is re-discovered when the Peace bust in the American Legion Peace Garden of the Nations was cleaned.  Installed on October 8, 2010, this is the first step in a series of restorations in the Garden.  Within the next month, the Peace pillar should be cleaned and a replacement plaque, for that missing from the pillar under Peace, will be installed.  While the new plaque will have precisely the same text and size as the original, the new plaque will be of black granite with text in metallic gold to dramatically contrast with the white granite pillar and to provide the security that the original’s bronze metal could not at all.  Additionally, like plaques in color and material will be installed on top of the vault in the same Garden along with another, like plaque in the States portion of the American Legion Peace Garden.

Peace bust--American Legion Peace Garden/Nations

Peace bust's rear view--American Legion Peace Garden/Nations

Today, we are asking the Gardens community to help us identify details of some of our photos.  We have quite few images for which we know the date, the name of the place and/or the name of the event, but oftentimes we know nothing about individual the people depicted.  Many of us have visited, volunteered, and read extensively about the Gardens, while others have rich personal and family connections that go back in time.   Some of us know all the major historical themes, while others hold only small pieces of trivia about individual gardens, groups, people, and events.  But working together, we can answer questions that are both big and small.  Please click on the title or the “more” button to see the images and use the comments feature below to share your thoughts, insights and answers.

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