Childrens Peace Monument Description This monument is in

Children’s Peace Monument Description This monument is in Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan. It is a tall statue with a girl on the top holding a paper crane. The paper crane is a symbol for world peace. All around the statue, there are glass cases full of artwork created by children that represents peace. Thousands of colorful paper cranes folded by children hang all around the land below the monument. The Tragic Background Story This monument was inspired by a girl named Sadako who suffered from cancer due to radiation poisoning after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 to end World War II. An ancient Japanese legend says that someone who folds 1, 000 paper cranes will be granted a wish. Sadako spent hours and hours in the hospital folding paper cranes so that she could be granted a wish. Her full story can be read in the book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr. Due to Sadako’s story, the paper crane has become a symbol of world peace. By Randi Foster Be inspired by all the paper cranes created with hopeful hands by children who simply want a peaceful world. Remember that our world arguments are not worth taking away the futures of innocent children. Come visit the Children’s Peace Monument. Children hang paper cranes and hope for peace. Hope and Peace Although this monument was created inspired by the tragedy of children dying during and after World War II, it actually represents children’s wishes from all over the world for a future of peace. It is a powerful reminder of the tragedy that befalls innocent children when we cannot resolve our problems peacefully. Sources 1. http: //www. city. hiroshima. lg. jp/shimin/heiwa/crane. html 2. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr 3. http: //www. city. hiroshima. lg. jp/shimin/heiwa/crane. html http: //crazy 4 japan. files. wordpress. com/2010/05/rimg 0033. jpg 4. http: //tadpoleaudio. com/2011/03/tadpole-audio-papercrane-collective-good-times-good-music/ 5. http: //blog. mortalcoil. com/2013/01/22/jap an-hiroshima-miyajima-and-koya-san/ childrens-peace-monument-peace-memorialpark-hiroshima/