Peace is freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily without disagreements.

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magazine article: Peace symbols. "The concept of peace is a very important one in cultures all over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some languages, the phrases for greetings contain the word for peace." Read article

magazine article: Peacekeeping. "Wherever there is conflict in the world and enemies have agreed to let a third party or neutral force come in to try and maintain the peace, it is usually the familiar blue helmets of the United Nations that we see on the scene." Read article

word game: Peace symbols. Match pictures of peace symbols with their names. Play game

story: The Robe of Peace. Johnny Bellchambers was the flashiest dresser in all of New York. Then, suddenly, he disappeared into thin air. This amusing story by O. Henry find out what happened to him ... Read story

cartoon: "Who are you? What are you doing here?" "Why, I'm a ..." See cartoon

trivia: Wordplay: The Dutch word WAPENSTILSTANDSONDERHANDELINGEN contains 31 letters and means "cease-fire negotiations" or "truce negotiations". "See more peace(keeping) trivia

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