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The Peace Museum, the Glossary

The Peace Museum was a museum located in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded in 1981 by muralist Mark Rogovin and Marjorie Craig Benton, a former US UNICEF representative.^[1]

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33 relations: Aaron Freeman, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Bob Marley, Chicago, Chicago Review Press, Country Joe McDonald, Danny Davis (Illinois politician), Garry Trudeau, Give Peace a Chance, Graham Nash, Harold Washington, Harry Chapin, Hiroshima, Holly Near, Honoré Daumier, Illinois, James S. Hirsch, Jann Wenner, Joan Baez, John Heartfield, John Lennon, Nagasaki, Paul Caruso, Peace museum, Pete Seeger, Stevie Wonder, Susan Catania, Terri Hemmert, The International Peace Museum, The Unforgettable Fire, U2, UNICEF, Yoko Ono.
1981 establishments in Illinois
2007 disestablishments in Illinois
Defunct museums in Illinois
History museums in Illinois
Museums disestablished in 2007
Peace museums in the United States

Aaron Freeman

Aaron Freeman (born June 8, 1956) is an American journalist, stand-up comedian, author, cartoonist, and blogger.

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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Review Press

Chicago Review Press, or CRP, is a U.S. book publisher and an independent company founded in 1973.

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Country Joe McDonald

Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald (born January 1, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who was the lead vocalist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish.

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Danny Davis (Illinois politician)

Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from, elected in 1996.

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Garry Trudeau

Garretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist, best known for creating the Doonesbury comic strip.

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"Give Peace a Chance" is an anti-war song written by John Lennon (originally credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded with the participation of a small group of friends in a performance with Yoko Ono in a hotel room in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Graham Nash

Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English-American musician, singer and songwriter.

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Harold Washington

Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago.

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Harry Chapin

Harry Forster Chapin (CHAY-pin; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

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Holly Near

Holly Near (born June 6, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.

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Honoré Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier (February 26, 1808 – February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the second Napoleonic Empire in 1870.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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James S. Hirsch

James S. Hirsch is an American journalist and author who has written about sports, race, and American culture.

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Jann Wenner

Jann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is an American businessman who is a co-founder of the popular culture magazine Rolling Stone, and former owner of Men's Journal magazine.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.

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John Heartfield

John Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a 20th-century German visual artist who pioneered the use of art as a political weapon.

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John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.

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Nagasaki

, officially known as Nagasaki City (label), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Paul Caruso

Paul Caruso (1920–2001) was a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles, California.

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Peace museum

A peace museum is a museum that documents historical peace initiatives.

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Pete Seeger

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Susan Catania

Susan Catania (December 10, 1941 – November 27, 2023) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983.

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Terri Hemmert

Terri Hemmert (born April 28, 1948) is an American radio personality, musicologist, and instructor at Columbia College Chicago.

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The International Peace Museum

The International Peace Museum (formerly the Dayton International Peace Museum) is a non-profit, peace museum located on historic Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. The Peace Museum and the International Peace Museum are peace museums in the United States.

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The Unforgettable Fire

The Unforgettable Fire is the fourth studio album by Irish rock band U2.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.

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UNICEF

UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

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Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono (Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peace_Museum

The Peace Museum, the Glossary

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1981 establishments in Illinois

2007 disestablishments in Illinois

Defunct museums in Illinois

History museums in Illinois

Museums disestablished in 2007

Peace museums in the United States

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