International Peace Garden, History and Progress

              moulding de\ elopmg and sustaining the peaceful relations tTvat now exist between
these two nations The Garden can be made into a place of beauty- that w i l l call
the attention of nations e\ erxx\ here to the fact that here on the North American
continent there is a honber 3 9ST miles long betv, een two nations and the only
tort is this Fortress of Friendship located i n the centre of the continent.
The Peace Garden, the bram child ot a resident of Ontario, was nurtured in
its intancx b\ Horticultural organizations ot the Eastern States and Eastern Canada.
In recent \ ears it has been left to the care of people living in the Centre of the
Continent To maintain the ideals of Peace in the minds of our citizens and to fully
finance the de\ elopment ot the Garden as planned b\ the National Parks Service
ot the United States m consultation with Canadian and American garden special­ists
citizens ot North America must realize thev are part owners of the Peace
Garden It is the hope of the Directors that Governments w i l l assist i n the develop­ment
and that citizens e\ erxxx here w i l l aid in its maintenance.
This stan would be incomplete without special reference to Mrs. \ Iar> Allen,
a Director from Moose Taw Saskatchewan who has kept up a flow of correspond­ence
with people of man\ other countries thus developing an interest abroad in
the Peace Garden and its progress
Twent\ \ ears ha\ e switch flown since Dr Henrx Moore made his radio broad­cast
on that Christmas night in 1931 Ten of these xears, 1939- 1949, were mainly
\ ears of maintenance due to Federal grants not being a\ ailable. These years were
not lost natuie is nexer idle the forest trees developed, the native beaver created
more lakes The ornamental trees and shrubs planted in 1939 and previous to that
time seem now to be a natural part of the whole setting north of the Border.
Islands ot evergreens planted a tew xears ago on the former farm land south of the
Lme are awa\ to a good start The Peace Panel, while not complete, is impressive
and recent development on the Terrace Panel are providing new items of interest,
so that it can be said thrt the International Peace Garden while soil only well
started is at least on its wa\ to becoming the \ er\ beautiful garden most eamestlv
desired bv those w ho hav e w orked so hard to bring it into reality.
The three miles ot highw ax on the Pe ice Garden frontage are hard surfaced,
and this splendid road leads from the Boundary north to the Trans- Canada High-w
av at Brandon and also extends into the mining area of Canada's hinterland. The
hard surfaced road leading south links with sexeral American east and west high-wax
s, and also extends south acioss the Lnited States and into Mexico Each year
people from e\ er\ state m the Union horn exerx proxince in Canada, and others
from bexond the seas pass through the Canadian Customs House at the Peace
Garden entrance These traxellers provide the best ad\ erasing medium possible.
Their reports on the Peace Garden, as the} travel and m their home districts, will
increase the mterest aroused not onh in the Garden as such, but in the ideal for
which it stands a future in which the Brotherhood of Man shall be first. When
that da\ a rm es then shall Peace and Plentx pre\ ail
Executiie Officers for 1951- 52
Chairman of the Board Mr John A Stormon Rolla North Dakota
Honorarv President Mr W x; Udall, Ste 9 Fairmont Apts , Winnipeg Man
President _ _ Mr D G Mckenzie 267 Grain Exchange Bldg .
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1st \ ice- President _ Mr V R Leslie, Morden, Manitoba
2nd \ ice- President — Mr Russell Reid, Bismarck, North Dakota
Treasurer — _ ^ Mr A T Robbins, Ste 15, Anv ers Apts , \ \ rnnipeg, Man
Secretarv — _ Mr H am A Gra\ es. State College Station, Fargo, K D
Superintendent of Garden Mr M J Tmlme, Boissevain, Man ( 536— 12th St, Brandon)
Directors on Executive- Mr Russell Reid Bismarck, North Dakota
Mr Yt R Leslie Morden, Manitoba
Mr E n e B Gowler Boissev am, Manitoba