Sculpture of standing figure of Sarah Farmer, in green dress with yellow cuffs, with hands clapsed in front, mounted on top of rectangular plinth with text on all four sides: (1) "SARAH FARMER'S CHILDHOOD HOME WAS A WAY STATION OF THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD SHE HAD LIBERAL PARENTS WHO PUT PEACEFUL WAYS TO PRACTICE SHE KNEW SOJOURNER TRUTH HARRIET TUBMAN HARRIET BEECHER STOWE AND JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER" 2) IN HER EARLY FORTIES SHE STARTED A HOTEL IN ELIOT MAINE AND A FEW YEARS LATER DEDICATED CONFERENCES THERE TO PEACE BD UNITY IT WAS CALLED GREEN ACRES THE CONFERENCES BECAME" 3) KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE EDUCATORS COULD GATHER AND HAVE INTELLECTUAL DISCUSSIONS HEARING THAT THE PEACE TREATY WOULD TAKE PLACE IN PORTSMOUTH SARAH INVITED THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE" 4) 'RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE DELEGATIONS TO GREEN ACRES THE JAPANESE CAME THERE DIGNITARIES ADDRESSED OVER 300 PEOPLE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH WHEN THE PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED. SARAH FARMER WAS THE ONLY WOMAN PRESENT."
Acquisition
Accession
2018.001
Source or Donor
Perry, Anne G.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Anne Perry, Dr. Melinda Salazar, and the Seacoast Peace Academy
