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Tree of Peace in Turzovka
Turzovka, November 11, 2018. Tree of Peace was planted in the area of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Turzovka as a part of our international Project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The Tree of Peace was planted personally by the mayor of Turzovka Ľubomír […]
Tree of Peace in City of Žilina
Žilina, November 9, 2018. Today, two days before the celebrations of the Centenary of the end of the First World War, a memorable Tree of Peace was planted in Žilina. It will grow in a very symbolic place – in the Military Cemetery on Bôrik, the place where soldiers who have been killed in the […]
Tree of Peace in Poland
Gmina Trzyciąż, Jangrot, November 8, 2018. Another Tree of Peace was planted at the First World War Cemetery in Cieplicky Forest (Polish: Cmentarz Wojenny w Cieplicach) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The project became part of the blessing ceremony of the bell tower on a former battlefield of the First World War. 2,014 soldiers of the […]
Tree of Peace in Kysuce Village Museum in Vychylovka
Vychylovka, a part of Nová Bystrica village, October 28, 2018. A common oak sapling (Quercus robur) was planted near the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary in Kysuce Village Museum as part of the project The Tree of Peace commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The Tree of Peace […]
Tree of Peace in Russian Federation
Important note about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022: Although we are a strictly apolitical initiative, we must categorically condemn the evils and injustices of war, because ordinary people suffer the most in every war. We condemn gross violations of international law and the principles of the UN Charter. There is no rational […]
The first Tree of Peace has already been planted
Veľkrop village, September 28, 2018. The Club of Military History Beskydy finished its restoration work on the largest war cemetery in Slovakia. The cemetery, which is in the village of Veľkrop in the Stropkov district, is dated to World War I. On Friday, September 28, 2018 it was made accessible to the public. The cemetery […]