The Sarah Farmer Peace Award is presented annually by the Baha'i Community of the Greater Seacoast Region to recognize the contributions of area individuals and groups who take effective local action to promote world peace and understanding among nations and members of the human family.

The award is named after Sarah Jane Farmer, a turn-of-the century peace heroine who was born in Dover, N.H., in 1847. She founded the Green Acre Conferences in Eliot where the first peace flag in the world was hoisted in 1894, and where a peace flag has been flown every year since then.

Baha'i communities around the world work to advance the processes leading to world peace, particularly in the areas of human rights, the advancement of women, moral education and sustainable development, by working with their governments, the United Nations, and local, national and international non- governmental organizations.

The Aug. 22nd, 2009 event marks the fourth Sarah Farmer Peace Award. The Portsmouth Peace Treaty Anniversary Committee received the first award for its noteworthy efforts in mobilizing organizations and individuals to learn the history of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty and to reflect on its implications for peace-making in the 21st century.