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Peace Fountain celebrates the triumph of Good over Evil, and sets before us the world’s opposing forces – violence and harmony, light and darkness, life and death ...
A native of Croatia asked for 10 seconds of silence Thursday afternoon for the victims of 9/11 on the event’s seventh anniversary.
When Rochesterfest kicks off next week, a first order of business will be to celebrate what has become one of the city’s landmarks: the Peace Fountain. This year marks the 30th anniversary of ...
The Peace Fountain sculpture by Charles E. Gagnon is unveiled after being cleaned, refurbished and placed on a new pedestal, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, at Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester.
Mist sprayed from the new water pool at the Peace Plaza in Rochester as Arlyn Gagnon, seated, explained how her husband, sculptor Charles Gagnon, created the plaza’s Peace Fountain.
After 45 years, the Charles Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain is marking its last year in the water before it gets replaced. But unfortunately, it's not going out with much of a splash: the fountain ...
FAYETTEVILLE -- It will take more than $100,000 to get the peace fountain in front of the Town Center going again, tourism commissioners heard Monday. Skip to content Open sections menu Sections.
Although this year still holds some painful memories for the village, local officials are optimistic as they explore the possibility of constructing a fountain that will express their community&#82… ...
Technicians are shown on the Charles Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain at Coventry Gardens in Windsor on Thursday, September 28, 2023. The City of Windsor announced that it will be the final time the ...
With the top bid for a new Peace Fountain way over budget, Windsor council is rethinking its decision to replace the riverfront attraction with a winterized lookalike. During a closed-door meeting ...
Windsor city council needs to decide how it will replace the International Charles Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain on the Detroit River and his family knows what they'd like to see happen. The ...