1918. Focus on peace and reconstruction of Europe

1921. We included the following in our bylaws

1934. Institutes of International Understanding

Rotarians from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, proposed to the Rotary Convention in 1914 that the International Association of Rotary Clubs (now Rotary International) "lend its influence to the maintenance of peace among the nations of the world." Delegates at the convention, which took place just weeks before Europe was engulfed in war, agreed

From a pre-World War I resolution calling for the "maintenance of peace" to our continued support of the Rotary Peace Center, Rotary and its members. It was a bold statement for a relatively young organization that had gone international just two years earlier and had clubs in only a handful of countries.

With the Great War fresh in their minds, delegates to the 1921 convention in Edinburgh amended the association's constitution to include the aim "to help promote international peace and goodwill through a fellowship of leaders of various trades, of various professional backgrounds and experience of voluntary organizations

Rotarians in Nashville, Tennessee organized a program to encourage and promote international understanding. There were eleven days of public meetings for the general public, with prominent authors, economists, scientists and politicians to discuss issues such as economics, world peace and scientific progress.