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<br />Nobel Peace Monument <br /> <br />Page 3 of7 <br /> <br />The Peace Path takes advantage of the natural assets of the park setting. Conveniently <br />accessible, it will be adjacent to the main entrance to Alton Baker Park and is a short walk <br />from Downtown Eugene. A freeway interchange is just a few blocks away. <br /> <br />Why Eugene? <br /> <br />The Monument honoring the internationally acclaimed peacemakers of the United States will <br />be unique. Nowhere else in the nation does a monument of this type exist. The monument will <br />make Eugene a unique city. <br /> <br />In Eugene the Nobel Peace Laureate Monument will stand out and be recognized as an asset <br />to the area. Eugene may become known as the OPeacemaker City.6 The Monument will have <br />a prominent place in this WiIlamette Valley community and will attract visitors. If located in <br />Washington, D. C. or New York, the Monument will be just one of many and is likely to be <br />located in a neighborhood no one wants to visit or in a park patronized by drug dealers or <br />street gangs. <br /> <br />Given the diversity of the Nobel Laureates, including liberals and conservatives, members of <br />several religions and races, and a variety of occupations, the monument will attract a wide <br />base of support in Eugene. <br /> <br />A Eugene with the Nobel Peace Laureate Monument will be an example to other American <br />cities. If Eugene can honor AmericaOs peacemakers, other cities will be inspired to do the <br />same. This group of Americans whose peacemaking deeds are largely forgotten will gain the <br />widespread recognition they deserve. <br /> <br />Who are the American Nobel Peace Laureates? <br /> <br />Below is a short description of the Peace Prize winners and why they were selected. The list is <br />arranged in chronological order according to the year each received the Prize. <br /> <br />1906 - Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States. <br />President Roosevelt successfully mediated the negotiations that led to the signing <br />of the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) that ended the Russo-Japanese War. <br /> <br />1912 - Elihu Root, Diplomat and former U. S. Secretary of State. <br />Root tried hard to increase understanding between the United States and Latin <br />America. He was one of the founders of the Pan American Bureau (1908) which <br />later became the Pan American Union. He sponsored the Central American <br />Conference of 1907 and negotiated 22 international arbitration treaties to <br />peacefully settle disputes among nations. <br /> <br />1919 - Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. <br />President Wilson proposed the 14 Points Peace Plan that led to the World War I <br />armistice which included the proposal for the League of Nations, an international <br />organization that Wilson hoped would eventually put an end to war. <br /> <br />1925 - Charles Dawes, Banker and later Vice-President of the United States. <br /> <br />file:IIC:\Documents and Settings\ceexelf\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKl OB\... 8/8/2006 <br />