Peace Corps Legacy Association

09/27/2026

https://www.bloomingtonmn.gov/ap/events/minnesota-brazil-early-peace-corps-story-50-2026-10-27

Adults 50+, get a peek inside the early days of the Peace Corps during this fascinating presentation October 27 at Logan Lodge.

09/07/2026

The Peace Corps Plaza will anchor the National Service Park, rising near Rochester, Minnesota. Unlike other memorials currently under consideration, Peace Corps Plaza and the National Service Park look forward as much as back: rather than simply commemorating the organization's storied past or honoring its vibrant present, they have been conceived as a wellspring of motivation for the volunteers and public servants of tomorrow. At its heart, the Peace Corps Plaza's purpose is simple and enduring — to honor, to inspire, and to promote a lifelong ethic of national service.

Where other proposed monuments are being shaped from the top down, Peace Corps Plaza is being built from the ground up — quite literally — by thousands of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), each contributing a personalized brick bearing their name, country of service, years served, and a piece of their own story. Rather than a single figure carved from stone or cast in bronze, this will be a mosaic of thousands of individual commitments: a plaza built by the very volunteers who spent decades advancing students, communities, and projects across more than 140 countries throughout the developing world, joined by the families and friends who supported them along the way.

In this sense, Peace Corps Plaza will not be a static monument frozen in a single moment, but a living, ever-growing artifact — one that continues to celebrate the work of the Peace Corps and its volunteers across past, present, and future generations, brick by brick, name by name.

If you would like to donate a brick for yourself or a loved one you can do so at: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

To learn more about our mission at the Peace Corps Plaza you can visit us at: www.peacecorpsplaza.org

09/03/2026

Rather than a single figure carved from stone or cast in bronze, the Peace Corps Plaza will be a mosaic of thousands of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, each contributing a personalized brick bearing their name, country of service, years served, and a piece of their own story.

If you would like to donate a brick for yourself or a loved one you can do so at: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

To learn more about our mission at the Peace Corps Plaza you can visit us at: www.peacecorpsplaza.org

09/01/2026

Carol Spahn, former director of the Peace Corps, reminds us that service does not end with volunteer time in the Peace Corps. One way you can continue to serve is by making a donation to the Peace Corps Plaza, a part of a national service park which will be built just outside Rochester, MN with bricks inscribed and donated by RPCV.

If you would like to donate a brick for yourself or a loved one you can do so at: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

To learn more about our mission at the Peace Corps Plaza you can visit us at: www.peacecorpsplaza.org

08/31/2026

On August 14th 2026 Rhoda Brooks, an amazing Minnesotan and Peace Corps volunteer, passed away. The amazing legacy of Rhoda as a committed RPCV and volunteer will continue to inspire future service thanks to her donation of a brick to the Peace Corps Plaza, a national service park which will be built just outside Rochester, MN with her donated brick and the bricks of many other RPCV.

If you would like to donate a brick for yourself or a loved one you can do so at: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

To learn more about our mission at the Peace Corps Plaza you can visit us at: www.peacecorpsplaza.org

08/31/2026

In recent history we often think of two important generations of social revolutions in our country: the “great generation” that came home from WWII and the generation that participated in the social revolutions of the 1960s. In these periods of profound change, Americans arose to serve together for a common mission. They found brotherhood among a broad spectrum of Americans and came to understand, appreciate and care for each other, even despite differences that no-doubt sometimes felt impossible to overcome.

Today, once again, differences between Americans at times feel insurmountable. We pull in opposite directions; we have reverted to tribalism because we don’t really know our brothers and sisters. To change the course of this division there must be a new generation committed to a new mission. The National Service Park and Peace Corps Plaza is a bold initiative, part of a history of many, like the idea for a Peace Corps, proposed by then Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. The park has the mission to “honor, elevate and inspire” national service and thus provides a unique opportunity to re-invent the past. The common missions that drove the men and women of past revolutions can today be reinvented as a mission of commitment to national service. In donating and investing in the Peace Corps Plaza, and organizations like it, the next generation of social revolution may be born.

To be a part of a national commitment to service you can donate a memorial brick to the Peace Corps Plaza at: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

And for more information on the Peace Corps Plaza or National Service Park visit: www.peacecorpsplaza.org

08/23/2026

The bricks that RPCVs and their loved ones donate to the Peace Corps Plaza and National Service Park are a critical part of making the Peace Corps Plaza possible and meaningful. However, donations of bricks are just a piece of the financial support that generous RPCVs offer to the Plaza. The Building Fund is an essential part of financing additional important landscaping, interpretive, educational and recreational features of the Plaza and allows for RPCVs to give more than just the cost of a brick while still leaving a mark and making an impact on the park.

If you would like to contribute to Peace Corps Plaza's Building Fund — beyond the donation of personalized bricks — please consider choosing one of the options presented on our website by visiting: www.peacecorpsplaza,com/building-fund

08/18/2026

RPCV’s and their loved ones have offered even more to their communities by keeping the spirit of the Peace Corps alive and donating a brick to the plaza. If you would like to donate a brick for yourself or a loved one you can do so by visiting: www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

To learn more about our mission at the peace corps plaza you can visit us at www.peacecorpsplaza.org. Thank you!

08/17/2026

Many RPCVs remember their time serving abroad as a highlight of their lives and as one of the pinnacles of their professional and service careers. For some, it opened their eyes to the world for the first time; it was a transformative experience. The value and significance of the time Peace Corps Volunteers spend abroad is captured by the fact that many RPCVs who have died have the Peace Corps mentioned in their obituaries as one of the most important endeavors they have ever pursued.

To remember the service of RPCVs in their obituaries or between their surviving friends and family is a wonderful way to continue to honor the importance of the Peace Corps in their lives. In addition, the Peace Corps Plaza serves as a valuable extension of this memory, by letting a memorial brick of a deceased RPCV represent part of the legacy of volunteers. It also allows that memory to serve to inspire service and life changing moments of future generations of young people in America. While many RPCVs chose to donate a brick to the plaza for a friend or themselves, if you are a loved one of a departed RPCV, you can donate a special memorial brick to remember their legacy.

To design and donate a memorial brick visit:
www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

And for more information on the Peace Corps Plaza or National Service Park visit:
www.peacecorpsplaza.org

08/09/2026

Here at the Peace Corps Legacy Association we hope someday that many people will be able to come to the park and share this focus on the service of everyday Americans that contributed to the greatness of our country. If you chose to donate a brick, you or the service member you donate in honor of will be among hundreds of Peace Corps Volunteers remembered in the park.

To donate a brick visit:
https://www.fundraisingbrick.com/online-orders/rpcvplaza/

And for more information on the Peace Corps Plaza or National Service Park visit:
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