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North America:
70 Selected Peace Monuments

(one in each of the 50 States, 10 Provinces
& 9 Territories of the USA & Canada
+Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon of France)

THE 70 MONUMENTS ARE SHOWN BELOW IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (AND THEMES ARE IDENTIFIED). CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SAME MONUMENTS RANGED FROM LARGEST UNIT IN NORTH AMERICA (CALIFORNIA) TO THE SMALEST (SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON).

This web page demonstrates the variety and widespread distribution of peace monuments. It shows only one peace monument in each of the 50 US states, 10 Canadian provinces, their 9 territories, and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (which is part of France -- the third nationality in North America).

The 70 states, provinces and territories are shown by descending population, thus in the approximate order that they are likely to contain peace monuments. The most populous state (California) has 6,300 times more people than the smallest territory (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon). In fact, California has at least 80 peace monuments, whereas Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and some of the other very small areas shown below have only the one peace monument shown (so far as I know).

Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories are labeled in red. Saint Pierre is labeled in blue. Teritorries are italicised.

For further information about any monument shown below:
Please go to the main page of this website and click the name of its state or province.
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Year
Photo
Themes
Name of Selected
Peace Monument
City, State/Province/Territory
USA black, Canada red
France blue
Area
Population
1806
Peace SculpturePeace MonumentAnnapolis, Maryland5,928,814
1878
Peace Sculpture, Civil WarNaval Peace MonumentWashington, DC646,449
1883
Miscelaneous"Morts pour la science"A’asu, American Samoa55,519
1884
Peace Sculpture, FairsPeace MonumentNew Orleans, Louisiana4,625,470
1903
Native AmericansWounded KneePine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota844,877
1907
Civil War, Peace SculptureAllegory of PeaceVicksburg, Mississippi5,420,380
1912
Civil War, Peace StatuesGettysburg AddressLincoln, Nebraska1,868,516
1921
USA-Canada, Peace ArchesPeace ArchBlaine, Washington6,971,406
1922
World War I, Peace Towers Peace Tower/Tour de la paix Ottawa, Ontario 12,851,821
1926
World War I, Peace Towers, Museums for PeaceLiberty MemorialKansas City, Missouri6,044,171
1927
Native Americans, Peace ParksMemorial Peace ParkMedicine Lodge, Kansas2,893,957
1927
USA-Canada, Peace Bridges Peace Bridge Buffalo, New York 19,651,127
1931
USA-Canada, Peace Towers International Peace Memorial Put-in-Bay, Ohio 11,570,808
1931
Peace Sculpture, Peace DovesAllegorical Figure with DoveStratford, Connecticut3,598,080
1932
USA-Canada, Peace GardensInternational Peace GardenDunseith, North Dakota723,393
1932
USA-Canada, Peace ParksInternational Peace ParkGlacier National Park, Montana1,015,165
1936
Peace Sculpture, Native Americans"Vision of Peace"St. Paul, Minnesota5,420,380
1938
Civil War, Peace Flames, Franklin Roosevelt Eternal Peace Light Memorial Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 12,773,801
1941
Peace Stones, Rotary InternationalRotary Peace MemorialMount Evans, Colorado5,268,367
1943
Franklin Roosevelt, Four Freedoms, Peace Sculpture "Four Freedoms" Madison, Florida 19,552,860
1953
Peace SculpturePeace HillCruz Bay, US Virgin Islands106,405
1957
Atomic Bomb, Peace Conferences, Nobel PrizeCyrus Eaton LodgePugwash, Nova Scotia921,727
1959
Peace Statues, QuakersStatue of Mary DyerBoston, Massachusetts6,692,824
1961
USA-Japan, Peace BellsYamanashi Peace BellDes Moines, Iowa3,090,416
1962
USA-Japan, World War IIUSS Arizona MemorialPearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii1,404,054
1964
USA-Canada, Franklin Roosevelt, Peace ParksRoosevelt Campobello Intl. ParkCampobello, New Brunswick751,171
1967
Miscelaneous Pilots' Monument Yellowknife, Northwest Territories 41,462
1973
Atomic Bomb, Peace ChapelsOmega Peace InstituteLos Alamos, New Mexico2,085,287
1984
Atomic Bomb, Peace Sculpture Livermore Peace Monument Livermore, California 38,332,521
1985
Atomic Bomb, Peacemakers, Peace Murals "Four Minutes to Midnight" Atlanta, Georgia 9,992,167
1986
Pacific Countries, Peace Bells, UniversitiesPacific BellVancouver, British Columbia4,400,057
1987
USA-Japan, World War IIJapanese Peace MonumentAttu Island, Alaska735,132
1987
Peace Statues, PeacemakersStatue of Leo TolstoyVerigin, Saskatchewan1,033,381
1989
Civil Rights, Peace Tables, PeacemakersCivil Rights MemorialMontgomery, Alabama4,833,722
1989
Museums for PeaceMusée Canadien de l’HistoireGatineau, Québec7,903,001
Date?
USA-Japan, Atomic Bomb, World War II Japanese Peace Memorial Tinian, North Marshall Islands 53,883
Date?
CND Peace SymbolPeace SymbolMarlow, New Hampshire1,323,459
1990
UN Peacekeeping, Peace Sculpture, Children"Silent Witness"Gander, Newfoundland514,536
1990
Native Americans, Peace Statues, Museums for Peace Carving of "Sequoyah" Cherokee, North Carolina 9,848,060
1992
Native Americans, Peace Trees, UniversitiesNative American Peace TreeMorgantown, West Virginia1,854,304
1992
Peace Arches, Peace ParksPeace Park ArchCalgary, Alberta3,645,257
1993
Women, Peace TemplesTemple Dedicated to SekhmetIndian Springs, Nevada2,790,136
1993
Migration, Peace MuralsPeace MuralMilwaukee, Wisconsin5,742,713
1996
USA-Japan, Atomic Bomb, Peace BellsInternational Friendship BellOak Ridge, Tennessee6,495,978
1998
Spheres & Globes"Eartha" GlobeYarmouth, Maine1,328,302
1998
Peacemakers, Peace StonesPeace RockFayetteville, Arkansas2,959,373
1998
Peacemakers, Peace StatuesStatue of Eugenio de HostosSan Juan, Puerto Rico3,615,086
1999
Angels of Peace, Churches, Peace Sculpture "Angel of Peace" Chicago, Illinois 12,882,135
1999
Millennium, Peace BellsWorld Peace BellNewport, Kentucky4,395,295
2000
TerrorismOklahoma City National MemorialOklahoma City, Oklahoma3,850,568
2001
USA-Canada, Slavery, Migration, Peace Sculpture "Gateway to Freedom" Detroit, Michigan 9,895,622
2002
Peace Poles, Peace Parks, Olympic GamesOlympic Peace PolesSalt Lake City, Utah2,900,872
2002
CND Peace Symbol, ChildrenChildren's Peace MonumentCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island140,204
2002
Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Nobel Prize"Landmark for Peace"Indianapolis, Indiana6,570,902
2002
"Community & introspection" Peace MonumentMontpelier, Vermont626,630
2002
Anne Frank, Peace Statues, Human Rights, HolocaustAnne Frank Human Rights MemorialBoise, Idaho1,612,136
2003
9/11, Terrorism, Peace BellsPeace BellRidgefield Park, New Jersey8,899,339
c.2004
Peace Murals, CND Peace Symbol, Peace DovesPeace WallBisbee, Arizona6,626,624
Date?
Rotary International, Peace Parks Rotary Peace Park Whitehorse, Yukon 33,897
2005
Peace Poles, Peace GardensMultifaith Peace PolesFalls Church, Virginia8,260,405
2007
Miscelaneous"Queen of Peace"New Castle, Delaware925,749
2007
Migration, Genocide, France "Grand Dérangement" Miquelon Island, France 6,080
2008
USA-Japan, UniversitiesPlace of PeaceGreenville, South Carolina4,774,839
2008
Peace Sculpture, Native Americans"Circle of Sacred Smoke"Devils Tower, Wyoming582,658
2010
Migration, Peace Sculpture Relocation Monument Resolute Bay, Nunavut 31,906
2010
Soka Gakkai InternationalSGI Peace MonumentTamuning, Guam159,358
2011
Migration, Tolerance "Tolerance" Houston, Texas 26,448,193
2013
Nobel Peace Prize, Peace Parks, Peace TrailsNobel Peace ParkEugene, Oregon3,930,065
2014
Human Rights, Museums for PeaceHuman Rights MuseumWinnipeg, Manitoba1,208,268
2014
Slavery & Emancipation, UniversitiesSlavery MemorialProvidence, Rhode Island1,051,511

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