For a press kit, to be added to the Media distribution or for answers to media questions, please contact:
Stephanie Seacord
Director of Public Affairs, Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum
603-772-1835
sseacord@lemd.com
Press Release Archive:
2024:
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Living Memorial Cherry Trees
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Forum welcomes Fiona Hill
2023:
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day Bellringing
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 5thCelebrates 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 250th 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 5th – 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)