The Treaty of Portsmouth (Portsmouth Peace Treaty)

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Mar 12, 2010
BY APPT An Uncommon Commitment to Peace exhibit

Mar 15, 2010
NH State Archives Exhibit DAILY M_F

Mar 25, 2010
'TR's Nobel Prize and John Hay'

May 22, 2010
"An Uncommon Commitment to Peace" Exhibit

Sep 05, 2010
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day

For information about ordering fine art prints of this Treaty Centennial symbol, and other commemorative items, click here.

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News and Links

To learn nore, the following books are available, click here to order:

Heroes & Friends: Behind the Scenes of the Treaty of Portsmouth by Michiko Nakanishi

There Are No Victors Here: A Local Perspective on the Treaty of Portsmouth by Peter E. Randall

Also available, click here for ordering:

An Uncommon Commitment to Peace Exhibit Catalogue published by the Japan-America Society of NH

Blessed Are the Peacemakers: The Service of Thanksgiving for the Portsmouth Treaty, September 5, 1905 by Marina Grot Turkevich Naumann

Original 1905 newsreel footage on DVD

Treaty of Portsmouth 1905-2005 book of reproduction historical postcards.

The Portsmouth Peace Process: Guide for Teachers by Northeast Cultural Coop

Serenade for World Peace: The Best of the Band Concerts 1905-07

Seacoast Wind Ensemble directed by Richard C. Spicer presents the first annual Portsmouth Peace Treaty Concert. For detailed notes about the best of the band concerts 1905-07 and the role of music during the Treaty summer, click here.

The Music Hall, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Sunday, June 24, 2007, at 3:00 p.m.

Semper Fidelis John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932)

Portsmouth City Band, Fireman’s Day, 13 September 1905

Overture to William Tell Giacomo Rossini (1792-1868)

Duncan MacCallum, English Horn; Jean Schwab, Flute

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 18 August 1905 arr. Eric W. G. Leidzen

Naval Band (Portsmouth?), 5 September 1907

The Holy City Stephen Adams (1844-1913)

Jay Taylor, Trumpet

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 27 August 1905 arr. L. P. Laurendeau

March from Tannhäuser Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 25 August 1905 arr. M. C. Meyrelles

The Hunting Scene (Descriptive) Procida Bucalossi (1832-1918)

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 18 August 1905 arr. M. C. Meyrelles

Selections from the Comic Opera Robin Hood Reginald De Koven (1859-1920)

Nancy Donahue, Euphonium

Portsmouth City Band, Fourth of July 1905 arr. George Wiegand

Signature production of the Bostonians, featuring Henry Clay Barnabee of Portsmouth

The Treaty of Portsmouth March William H. Scouton (1853-1940)

— Intermission—

The Diplomat John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932)

Second U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Portland), 23 July 1905

"An Uncommon Commitment to Peace" -- Remarks by Charles B. Doleac, Co-chairman, Portsmouth Peace Treaty Anniversary Committee, founder Japan-America Society of NH

Selections from The Red Mill Victor Herbert (1859-1924)

U. S. Naval Band (Portsmouth?), 5 September 1907 arr. Herbert L. Clarke

Serenade for Flute and Horn Anton Emil Titl (1809-1882)

Jean Schwab, Flute; Luanne O’Reilly, Horn

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 25 August 1905 arr. L. P. Laurendeau

Coronation March from The Prophet Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 27 August 1905 arr. M. C. Meyrelles

Loveland Waltzes Abraham Holzmann (1874-1939)

Portsmouth City Band, Fourth of July 1905 arr. L. P. Laurendeau

Tenth U. S. Artillery Corps Band (Boston), 20 August 1905

Portsmouth City Band, 13 September 1905

Selections from Southern Breezes: A Tone Picture F. P. Atherton

Portsmouth City Band, Fourth of July 1905

The Peacemaker March (Russia, Japan, and America) Harry L. Alford (1883-1939)

Sponsored by Boynton, Waldron, Doleac, Woodman & Scott, P.A., Leading Edge, Ocean Properties, Ltd. & Wentworth By the Sea Hotel, Japan-America Society of New Hampshire and the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Legacy Subscribers.