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This monument was built by the All Japan
Casualty Insurance Labor Unior and unveiled
on August 6, 1965, in commemoration of the
20th anniversary of the A-bombing. It is
inscribed with the following poem: "Why
did it happen? Why does it continue? Never
forget, neither that hatred, nor this vow." Due to the reconstruction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (the present East Building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum), the monument was moved on July 16, 1990, from south of the hall to a greenbelt to the northeast. There are also three phoenix trees, situated north of the hall, which were exposed to the A-bomb while they stood in the garden of the Post and Telegraphic Service Office in Higashihakushima-cho. Though the surfaces of the trunks of these trees facing the hyopcenter were burned, they survived and were transplanted here in 1972. Thus there are many flowers and trees in the park which have their own histrorical background. As for the flowers and trees from abroad, there are European oaks planted in memory of a visit to Hiroshima by German university professors in 1961, roses sent by the British Goverment as an expression of friendship, also roses contributed by the Albert Schweitzer Society in Amsterdam, Holland in 1971, Washington coconut palms sent from Hawaii to commemorate the ties between Hiroshima and Honolulu as sister cities in 1959, Himalayan cedars planted to commemorate the visit of the former prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1957, and many other memorial trees. These flowers and trees are fitting symbols in a park dedicated to international peace. |
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