Albany NY, Dedicated as Peace Capital 15 Oct 1991

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Members of the Peace Meditation group at the UN were invited to attend a dedication in the Capital of NY State, Albany.

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Mayor Thomas M. Whalen 3rd dedicated Albany as the world’s first ‘Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital’ on Oct. 15.

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Lighting seven peace torches that had traveled with the 70-nation Sri Chinmoy Peace Run, Mayor Whalen urged other American Cities to follow Albany’s example and “become leaders for peace.”

The ceremony took place at the Corning Fitness Trail, where a Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile had been established in 1986.

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Singers from the Peace Meditation at the UN  participated in the event.

At a later event., 1993 Peace Run was launched April 17 as hundreds of young people running through New York’s five boroughs converged on Dag Hammarskjold Plaza for the big send-off across form the United Nations, .

New York Mayor David Dinkins called the Run “a unique
and timeless event … conceived In the true spirit of altruism.

The members of the meditation group were happy to be present and see again the enthusiastic Mayor Whalen of Albany on hand for the event . He was also serving as chairman of the international Mayor’s Council for the Peace Run. Sri Chinmoy,  offered a brief prayer.

– Composite note, taken in part from excerpt of Anahata Nada. 1991 Aug – Dec.

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