A series of events are to take place today in Monaghan town to mark the 50th anniversary of a peace-building initiative that saw young people given a summer holiday respite in the US to escape the Troubles.
The official opening of a special exhibition at Monaghan County Museum called Project Children Stories will see photographs, personal testimonies and video footage - documenting five decades of the grassroots peace-building initiative go on display.
The project helped foster cross-community understanding during the Troubles. Project Children brought over 23,000 young people from Northern Ireland to spend summers with host families in the US.
This evening, the Garda Band will join the NYPD Police Band for a historic march, leaving the Courthouse Square at 5pm and leading a parade to the Peace Campus.
Liam Bradley, Curator of Monaghan County Museum says this is a historic day for the region. He is encouraging people in the area to come out and be a part of history in the making.
