Let There Be 'Peace' on Children's Day

You could say that Mia Labrie is partial to peace symbols.

When the 9-year-old Rye girl showed up at Citizens Bank in Portsmouth on Tuesday for the unveiling of her winning Children's Day logo, she was wearing silver peace symbol earrings. So it was no surprise that when she and Barbara Massar, the executive director of Pro Portsmouth, unveiled Labrie's design for this year's Children's Day, it was, you guessed it, a peace symbol.

Massar said Labrie's logo design was selected out of a field of 60 kids from all over the Seacoast. Massar said she and other Pro Portsmouth officials who remember seeing peace symbols flashed everywhere in the 1970s and 1960s really liked Labrie's design.

Massar also said that Labrie was one of several Rye Elementary School students who designed logos for the Children's Day contest as part of a school project. She said Labrie's third grade teacher, Mrs. DeFreze, definitely deserves some credit.

Massar said the logo will be used to promote the 19th Children's Day, which will be held on Sunday, May 6 from noon to 4 p.m. She invited Labrie to join her on the Market Street dock to officially kick-off the event. Massar said there will also be bike helmets given away by the Portsmouth Kiwanis Club and mini-golf set up in the Bank of America parking lot off Daniel Street.

Peace out.