Coined by event organizers as history’s largest peace torch relay, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run will make a stop at the Peace Arch at noon Wednesday, June 26.
The public is invited to watch the team, comprised of runners from six countries, pass the torch pass under the Peace Arch, along the U.S./Canada border crossing, at Peace Arch Historical State Park in Blaine.
The event will have Boy Scouts run with the torch as well as Blaine and White Rock, B.C. city officials present, said Peace Run media coordinator Prakhara Harter. The public will also be able to hold the torch and make a wish for peace.
“We hope people come out, hold the peace torch, cheer the runners on and express their feelings for peace,” Harter said.
The team will run from the Peace Arch, along Portal Way, to Bellingham on June 26. The runners will attend the Girls on the Run summer camp in Bellingham on June 27.
The run is part of a 10,000-mile relay that started in New York City in April and is traveling through the U.S. and Canada before ending in New York in August.
The Peace Run promotes a more peaceful world and involves communities along its stops. More than 7 million people are estimated to have participated in the run since it started in 1987.
For more information about the run, visit peacerun.org.
