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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.

10/16/2026

“Estoy tan embarazada.” 😊

If you, like many English speakers, guessed that that translates to “I’m so embarrassed,” you’re not alone!

Before he was known as “Mr. Peace Corps” on Capitol Hill, Sam Farr was a 22-year-old Peace Corps volunteer doing his best to put his beginner Spanish into practice.

While trying to share with a room of Colombian women his embarrassment at his lack of language skills, he instead told them that…

He was very pregnant. 🫄

ICMYI, in July, we launched our campaign. Give a gift in Sam’s honor today at bit.ly/samfarr85

🗣️ What’s your funniest miscommunication from your Peace Corps service? Drop a comment below!

📸 Sam Farr during his Peace Corps service in Colombia

10/13/2026

How can a small park on a busy street in a city full of political movers and shakers feel peaceful?

That’s the question our design team tackled with when designing . Their vision to create a space for visitors to pause and reflect on our shared humanity focused on plants, shade and landscaping, with a few key features:

🌳 A shaded allée, a wide walkway with trees on either side, along the longest and busiest edge of the Park
☀️ Gently sloping grass lawns that can be used for sunning and reclining on dry days, and that will meet drainage requirements on wet ones
🌸 Open space for visitors to relax and reflect and enjoy outdoor events at the space like reunions, storytelling events, and weddings

Learn more about our intentional design of Peace Corps Park in our newsletter: https://www.peacecorpscommemorative.org/building-peace-ep-8-designing-for-peace

10/08/2026

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Every other week, we share important news and progress towards our goal of funding the Park in our Building Peace newsletter, bringing you updates from the fabrication shop floor and the latest progress of our fundraising campaign.

Subscribe now on our website: https://www.peacecorpscommemorative.org/

10/05/2026

We have great news to share: donations to Peace Corps Park in honor of Sam Farr have broken $100,000! 🎉

We are so grateful to our generous supporters who are helping us get closer to our goals of:
➡️ Raising $250,000 in honor of Sam Farr
➡️ Getting Sam’s name on the recognition plaque at Peace Corps Park

Help us continue our progress with a gift to Peace Corps Park today: bit.ly/samfarr85

10/02/2026

Our stone carver is a genius 🤓

No, really!

Master Stone Carver Nick Benson is a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and one of the world’s foremost stone letter-carvers.

Nick and his team will carve the inscriptions on the three benches making up .

Nick’s approach marries the best in mechanized and human techniques:
✏️ Every letter is “roughed in” with pneumatic tools first
🔨 Then finished entirely by hand with a mallet and chisel

Nick will give the words that carry the spirit of the Peace Corps their permanent physical form, and we couldn’t be happier to know that this part of Peace Corps Park is in such talented hands.

09/28/2026

You might know Bob Vila from PBS’s This Old House and the almost 30 years he spent hosting educational TV shows about home improvement.

But did you know he started his journey in the Peace Corps?

ICYMI: Last year, Bob Vila made a generous donation to , and shared what exactly the project means to him.

Read more: https://www.peacecorpscommemorative.org/bob-vila-for-peace-corps-park-not-everything-we-build-will-last-forever-but-our-values-will

09/25/2026

This , we’re joining Peace Corps to recognize the importance of languages in truly connecting with people. Every volunteer learns this lesson, often with some funny mishaps along the way.

💬 How does “Peace Corps Park” translate into the language you learned in the Peace Corps? Teach us in a comment below!

will celebrate all volunteers, as well as their language teachers, who spend over 100 hours in language classes before their service.

09/22/2026

On this day in 1961, Congress passed The Peace Corps Act, declaring that the U.S. would “promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps.”

65 years later, we’re commemorating these values with , a tribute carved in stone in our nation’s capital.

We hope you’ll consider making a gift in honor of 65 years of this life-changing agency: https://peacecorpscommemorative.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation

09/21/2026

Happy International Day of Peace!

Like many Americans, we’re proud of all our national monuments in Washington, D.C.

But we’re proudest to add something different to the existing monuments honoring sacrifices made in war.

Peace Corps Park will commemorate all who serve the cause of peace 🕊️

09/17/2026

ICYMI: In July, we celebrated Sam Farr's 85th birthday and launched our campaign to raise $250,000 in his name. 🎂

Why $250,000?

Sam’s role in supporting the in Congress is unrivaled, and we want to give him a tribute worthy of his lifetime of contributions to this community:

➡️ The National Park Services does not allow permanent recognition of donors at because it will be a national monument.

➡️ But we *are* allowed to include a temporary (10-year) plaque recognizing major donors.

➡️ We think Sam Farr’s name deserves to be inscribed on that plaque at Peace Corps Park just steps from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

➡️ To do that, and identify Friends of Sam Farr as a major donor, we must raise $250,000 in his honor.

Are you ready to join and give a gift to honor “Mr. Peace Corps”?

Donate now: 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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