On December 10, 2006, the Theodore Roosevelt Nobel Peace Prize Luncheon was held at Wentworth By the Sea Hotel in New Castle, New Hampshire. It is presented by the Japan-America Society of NH, and commemorated the 100th anniversary of the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In addition a Treaty of Portsmouth Memorial Fund has been launched, to raise funds to commission a memorial, to be located in Portsmouth NH, as a permanent reminder of the event, “and a celebration of the roles, Roosevelt, Japan, Russian the U.S. Navy, the State of New Hampshire, and the citizens of Portsmouth played in the treaty negotiations.” [The only question I have about this is, since the actual location of the meetings took place at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Maine, where will the memorial be placed?] Continue reading
