BUILDING ON THE LEGACY OF PEACE
The Peace Corridor initiative was honored by the City of Dayton, because of our work and our proximity to the Dayton International Peace Museum:
-- In 2011, the City renamed the Salem Avenue Bridge as the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Bridge.
-- This action honors the legacy of Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, who led international negotiations at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton which forged the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords and ended fighting in the Balkan countries.
-- In 2015, the City dedicated a new plaza at the southwest corner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Bridge. The dedication ceremony included representatives from Bosnia-Herzegovina and other countries in the former Yugoslavia.
Plaques at the plaza honor Ambassador Holbrooke and the Dayton Peace Accords that formed a lasting peace among the Balkan countries.
-- The inspiring work of Richard C. Holbrooke has made the name Dayton synonymous worldwide with peace.