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Tag Archives: Promoting Enduring Peace
War and Peace
Monday is Memorial Day, and New Haven is packed with memorials year-round. Between 1887 and 1905, three separate monuments were erected to honor the Civil War, and they’re all still standing. There’s the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument atop East Rock Park, the statue honoring Connecticut’s Ninth Regiment at Sixth Street and Howard, and the Broadway […]
This Week in New Haven (August 6 – 12)
It’s a relatively peaceful time of the season, so it’s fitting that this week in New Haven begins with a series of peace-promoting gatherings and ends with a pleasant stroll through an historic house, though there are plenty of laughs, love songs and jazz bands in-between. Monday, August 6 Three local peace organizations—the City of […]