Hello, Friends,

The Roseburg Peace Chain Project received over 4500 messages of peace from people around the world. AMAZING!!

For the dedication of the Roseburg Peace Pole children and adults in the community assembled a huge paper chain with more than 4500 strips (links) sent by people from around the world. They personalized their strips of paper by writing their names, towns and countries. Many added short messages about peace. The links were poetic, artistic, heartfelt, playful, funny, serious, cute, colorful, unique, and beautiful.

The messages came from:

The World:
Australia, Bolivia, Canada, China, Columbia, Congo, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, News Zealand, Mexico, Norway, the Philippines, Russia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, the United States of America, West Indies, and Yemen

The USA:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington

Oregon:
Aloha, Beaverton, Bend, Brookings, Camas Valley, Canyonville, Corvallis, Creswell, Drain, Elkton, Estacada, Eugene, Glide, Gold Hill, Grants Pass, Green, Idelyld Park, Joseph, Junction City, Keizer, Klamath Falls, Lookingglass, McMinnville, Medford, Milo, Myrtle Creek, Oakland, Olalla, Pendleton, Portland, Riddle, Roseburg, Salem, Springfield, Sutherlin, Tenmile, Umpqua, Winchester Bay, Winston, and Yoncalla

Thank you to everyone who participated!