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PORTSMOUTH PEACE TREATY DAY - September 05, 2010
Annual commemoration of the date the Portsmouth Peace Treaty was signed. At 2 pm, Green Acre Bahai School in Eliot, Maine re-enacts the raising of the world's first peace flag (1894) and the peace flag and visit by the Japanese delegation in 1905. A Portsmouth Peace Treaty Concert eith Randy Armstrong and Marty Quinn follows at 2:30 pm Free. Public welcome. 938 Main Street in Eliot ME 207-439-7200 x 7006 The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard offers a whistle salute at 3:47 pm -- the time the Treaty signing was completed -- and the church bells of Portsmouth and surrounding areas answer. Best heard in Market Square in downtown Portsmouth. Exhibit "An Uncommon Commitment to Peace: Portsmouth Peace Treaty 1905" open free from 3-5 pm at the John Paul Jones House Museum, 43 Middle Street, Portsmouth. 603-436-8420. |
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