National Peace Garden

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Title
National Peace Garden
Date
1987
Type
authorized
2003
Type
authorization expired
Description
In 1985, Elizabeth Ratcliff, a former English teacher from California, proposed a national monument to peace. The monument was approved by Congress within two years and Hains Point was selected as the site. The Peace Garden Project Committee, led by Garret Eckbo, held a design competition in 1989 and selected Eduardo Catalano’s olive branch plan. Catalano's plan was approved by two planning Committees but rejected by the US Fine Arts Commission in 1992. The design firm Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey was then hired and a year later their design received full approval. Funding for the monument was not secured by 2003, and the Garden was never built.
Type
Gardens and Landscapes
Unbuilt
Temporal Coverage
1980-1999
2000-present
Source
Environmental Design Archives.
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