American Peace Centenary Committee Explained

The American Peace Centenary Committee was formed during the 1909 centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. In 1913, they made the decision to mark the anniversary of the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent in 1915^[1] which ended the War of 1812.

Members

British

• Arthur Conan Doyle, honorary member
• Earl Gray, president

American

• William Bailey Howland^[2]
• John Aikman Stewart, chairman^[3]

Publications

• General prospectus of the project to celebrate the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, which established lasting peace between America and Great Britain; as well as the plan to signalize in fitting manner, the peace which has existed between the United States, Great Britain and other nations

Notes and References

1. Barry Schwartz . Barry Schwartz (sociologist) . Iconography and Collective Memory: Lincoln's Image in the American Mind . 4120910 . . 32 . 301–319 . 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1991.tb00161.x.
2. News: Mr. Howland and Members of British Committee Plan Celebration. . W.B. Howland, the British-American Peace Centenary Commissioner, has been in London for several days discussing with members of the British committee the plans for the celebration. . . August 11, 1912 . 2009-07-27 . PDF.
3. News: J.A. Stewart Writes About Adverse Action on Peace Centenary. . The New York Times . July 12, 1914 . 2009-07-27 . PDF.