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Peace and
Friendship Summit
The Darke County Park District in partnership with the Treaty of
Greenville Bicentennial Commission is proud to be hosting an event, The
Peace and Friendship Summit, to commemorate the anniversary of the
signing of the Second Treaty of Greenville in July 1814. The
signing of this treaty ended most hostilities of the War of 1812 and
was crucial to ending the war. This premier event will begin on
July 24, 2014 with a grand opening of a new Tecumseh display room at
the Nature Center to celebrate the many Native American Indian tribes
who lived and visited the Greenville area. This room will be a
hands-on encounter into the lives of a typical Native American Indian
in the late 1700’s-early 1800’s and a display space for some of the
Park District’s historical artifacts including the Kinzie Brooch and an
original George Washington Peace Medal, which have never been on public
display. On display beginning July 24th until September will be
one of three original silver peace pipes given to Indian tribes at the
Second Treaty of Greenville thanks to a loan from the Kansas City
Museum. Following the opening of the Tecumseh Room will be a
banquet with foods introduced to American pioneers by the Native
Americans, dulcimer music and a parade of period costume.
The summit continues on Friday, July 25th with a grand opening of a
“bowery” structure in our Prairie Ridge Meadow Park area built with
funding awarded through the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission and
constructed by volunteers of the Park District. The Bowery is a
reproduction of the structure under which the Second Treaty of
Greenville was signed on animal skins in 1814. An Honor ceremony
with representatives of the nine Native American tribes who signed the
treaty and state and local dignitaries will take place along with
Native dancing, prayer and a gifting of wampum belts. The
remainder of the day will be filled with demonstrators, re-enactors and
story tellers talking about the period of the second Treaty
signing. The Peace and Friendship Summit merges with the annual
Gathering at Garst on July 26 & 27. The Gathering is an
annual event to support Garst Museum and promote the history of the
Darke County area.
The Banquet will be the kickoff of the Peace and Friendship Summit and
will occur at the Nature Center at Shawnee Prairie Preserve (4267 State
Route 502 West) on July 24th at 5:30pm. Tickets are $15 per
person, pre-sale only. Seating is limited. For information
on purchasing tickets, please contact Deborah Shiverdecker at
937.548.0165.
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