 A record 51 embassies participated in the 1956 Pageant of Peace, which included a high Christmas tree jointly donated by 11 Arab nations.In 1957, the Pageant of Peace culminated in a night of folk dancing at Lisner Auditorium on the campus of George Washington University.Foreign embassies were not invited to participate in the 1958 Pathway to Peace, after festival organizers came to believe that they were imposing on the legations.