Peace Corps Park

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Peace Corps Park, honoring the Peace Corps mission and telling the story of the timeless American ideals and values of peace and partnership symbolized by Peace Corps service.

08/25/2026

🎂Happy birthday to the National Park Service! 🎂

For 110 years, the NPS has been entrusted with the care of our national parks. But did you know that the NPS doesn’t just protect American forests, deserts, lakes, and canyons?

The NPS also stewards the monuments in Washington, D.C., that honor our country’s core values.

The site for , across from the National Mall, is owned by the NPS, and will be the site of the future Peace Corps Park. Once Peace Corps Park is built, NPS will also care for the Park.

08/22/2026

Each of the 228 unique pavers of Virginia Mist granite making up the world map at the center of is like a puzzle piece that only fit together one way 🧩

Each stone has its own exact shape and thickness, working together to create what will be the most accurate map of the world represented in stone in Washington, D.C.

Our team has spent thousands of hours designing this layout, and now each paver has been cut from a parent block, measured, and prepped for the saw.

Follow along to help us piece together Park! 🧩

08/18/2026

ICYMI: Our friend Maria Shriver explained why Peace Corps Park is a vision worth supporting in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sf_Qm0wDR4

The Kennedy, Johnson, and Shriver families have all made commitments to Peace Corps Park– will you join them?

Help make Peace Corps Park happen: https://peacecorpscommemorative.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

08/15/2026

🌎 What is the Peirce quincuncial projection? 🌎

The Peirce projection (yes, that’s the correct spelling!)...
🗺️ Shows the earth on a flat square
🗺️ More accurately represents the relative sizes of the world’s landmasses
🗺️ Features the North Pole at its center

What does this have to do with us?

We know that geography matters to volunteers and . When we designed , we wanted the map to be as accurate as possible, so that's the projection we chose for Peace Corps Park.

Just another example of the Peace Corps Park design team making sure every detail is intentional in its symbolism! 🌏

08/11/2026

🚨Important update on : We’ve issued a Notice to Proceed to our partners at Quarra Stone Co. for the next stage of the fabrication process 🚨

What does this mean?

✅ Fabrication of the Park’s artwork - shaping the granite that will make up the benches and the pavers that will create the world map at the center of the park - begins now. 🎉
🛑 We’re now raising funds to cover the installation of the artwork at Peace Corps Park in Washington, D.C.

We’ve gotten this far because of our generous donors. Donate today to keep our momentum going: https://peacecorpscommemorative.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

08/07/2026

Did we meet you at the Conference? 👋

Last month, we joined hundreds of people from all parts of the Peace Corps family in celebrating 65 years of the for a weekend of advocacy, collaboration, service, and friendship.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table to learn more about . We’re excited to continue growing our community of supporters!

08/04/2026

Last week, we toasted the with Joe Kennedy III, Carol Bellamy, and some of our dedicated supporters in our first donor event in New York. 🍷

We were thrilled to meet with our supporters in person at this event generously hosted by Scott Porter, who was a teenager when his parents brought him along to their Peace Corps service in Malaysia in the 1970s.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us in celebrating the momentum building towards constructing !

07/25/2026

ICYMI: We are pleased to announce that Peace Corps Park has reached the 100% cut-to-size milestone 🎉

Our friends at Quarra Stone Company have finished cutting the granite for Peace Corps Park, including:
🎉 9 benches that make up the outstretched hands of the Park
🎉 228 pavers that make up the world map at the base of the Park

Up next? The team will carve the Park’s iconic design from these blocks of granite.

Let’s keep the progress going! Donate now: https://peacecorpscommemorative.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

07/14/2026

⚽ What was the most unexpected request your community made of you as a Peace Corps volunteer? Drop your answer in the comments! ⚽

As a new Peace Corps Volunteer, Sam Farr expected to help his barrio in Medellín, Colombia, get access to water and electricity.

But his community had a different plan: they wanted a fútbol (soccer) field. ⚽

So with a little ingenuity and hard work, Sam helped his new friends and neighbors build one.

Sam’s soccer field is just one example of the impact the Peace Corps has worldwide. This month, we’re honoring Sam and his contributions to the Peace Corps with . Give a gift in honor of Sam and his legacy today: bit.ly/samfarr85

📸 Sam Farr during his Peace Corps service in Colombia

07/11/2026

Last weekend, Glenn Blumhorst, our Chief Advancement Officer, stopped by former Representative Sam Farr’s 85th birthday party to announce a major accomplishment:

🎉 Sam’s friends and family raised more than $20,000 for Peace Corps Park in honor of Sam’s longstanding commitment to the Peace Corps and Peace Corps Park. Thank you, Friends of Sam Farr! 🎉

Now, we’re trying to raise $250,000 in honor of Sam and his decades of support of Peace Corps in Congress with our campaign.

Give a gift in honor of Sam’s birthday today at:
bit.ly/samfarr85

Address

5636 Connecticut Avenue NW #42143
Washington D.C., DC
20015

Telephone

+12022516216

Website

https://www.peacecorpscommemorative.org/

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