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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KNOTTED GUN STATUE COMMEMORATES JOHN LENNON'S MURDER 081215 DEC 10 By Jane Merrick, PA News A statue in the shape of a knotted gun was unveiled today to commemorate the 20th anniversary of John Lennon's death. The statue - a bronze revolver with its barrel tied in a knot - was designed in 1980 in the wake of the Beatle star's murder. Dr Michael Nobel, head of the Nobel Family Society and chairman of the Non-Violence Foundation, unveiled the statue at Cavern Walks Shopping Centre in Liverpool, near the site of the original Cavern Club. It will stand a few feet away from where The Beatles are also immortalised in bronze. The knotted gun was designed by Carl Frederick Reutersward, who allowed the Non-Violence Foundation, an international youth-orientated campaign group, to use it as its symbol. Unveiling the statue today, Dr Nobel said: "John Lennon used his music to promote peace and non-violence. "It is entirely appropriate and fitting that the statue should be unveiled in Liverpool where John Lennon was born and began his career." The Non-Violence Foundation was established in Sweden in 1993 and has offices in Miami, Brazil, Switzerland and London. Twenty identical statues are sited across the world, including one outside the United Nations building in New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20 of them!!!!!! Kenneth Pantling Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A http://www.topica.com/t/17 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics