special cm On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 11:13 AM Margo Fisher-Martin < [email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Cathy and the Garden Club! > We appreciate your efforts! > Best, > Cookie Martin > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 10:29 AM Cathy Moritz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Lincoln Residents -- >> >> Over the 36 years since the Peace Pole was installed at Station Park, the >> phrase "May Peace Prevail On Earth" on its signs, in English and Japanese, >> had almost completely faded away. >> >> The Lincoln Garden Club was recently able to purchase replacement signs >> from May Peace Prevail On Earth International. This organization has been >> involved in the placement of about 300,000 Peace Poles around the world >> since the mid-1980s. We were informed that Lincoln's pole was one of the >> very first installed. The rather fraught but eventually successful story of >> Lincoln's Peace Pole in a 1988 Lincoln Journal Article is given below. >> >> New signs were attached to the pole this week and are looking great. >> Please come visit Station Park to see the refurbished sign, relax and rest, >> or meet friends in its beautiful surroundings. The Garden Club volunteers >> have maintained the park for your enjoyment for the last 51 years. There >> are flowers in bloom from April through September, and we have benches, a >> table and chairs, and a water fountain for your convenience. >> >> Best end-of-summer wishes to everyone, >> >> Cathy Moritz >> >> STATION PARK VOLUNTEERS >> >> LINCOLN GARDEN CLUB >> >> ------------------------- >> >> *Article from The Lincoln Journal, Jan-Feb 1988, vol II, no. 6, p. 14* >> >> *MAY PEACE PREVAIL – THE PEACE POLE* >> >> By Beverly Eckhardt >> >> At the Special Town Meeting of October 2, 1984, the Town, acting on a >> petitioned warrant article, voted to accept the gift of a “Peace Pole” from >> the Japanese Government. Although some voters had not been able to erase >> the anger and fears built up in the years of the Second Great War and its >> aftermath, the consensus was that such a symbol of new directions should >> not be rejected. The terms of the article stipulated that the pole should >> be erected in a “prominent and aesthetically pleasing location,” so that >> passing pedestrians might note it and ponder its message. The selectmen >> were given the responsibility to find the appropriate placement and see the >> necessary work was done. >> >> Simple thing to plant a plain pole, one would think. The fact that the >> job was not as simple as it seemed is evident from the passing of three >> years from the acceptance to the actual positioning. And visible though the >> location may be to people on foot, the passing motorist can easily miss the >> fact that something has been added to the mini-park between Lincoln Guide >> Service and Ridge Road. >> >> Lincoln has many prominently visible spots, and, of course, many >> aesthetic ones. The problem was to find a combination of the two attributes >> on a piece of Town-owned land not controlled by the regulations of the >> Historic District. The Lincoln Library was suggested early on. The hitch >> was the Library is in the Historic District, and it is very difficult to >> add anything in the Historic District zone. (Ask the Council on Aging about >> its efforts to put in a sign at Bemis Hall cautioning against the blockage >> of a handicapped access!) Another choice, the Mall area, seemed to offer >> lots of visibility, since it serves more people than any other location in >> Town and would certainly qualify for having prominent places. However, that >> land does not belong to the Town. Because the Land Conservation Trust holds >> the Mall property, the Town would have to seek a deed to any piece of it, >> and before any deed could be grated, a survey would have been required. The >> $100 expense money voted at the 1984 meeting would obviously not cover >> legal fees and the costs of a surveyor, so no pole at the Mall. >> >> Finally, the Planning Board and Selectmen conferred with the Garden Club >> to agree on a spot at the mini-park across the street from the Mall. Early >> in December 1987 the Peace Pole was finally installed in the corner of the >> fence bounded by Lincoln and Ridge Roads. The pole, a white stele, has the >> message “May peace prevail on Earth” printed alternately in English and >> Japanese on its sides. The Garden Club intends to make plantings around its >> base come spring that will both beautify the setting and better define the >> separation between fence and pole, and its members hope the site will >> continue to be an attractive and peaceful oasis in the midst of Lincoln’s >> bustling business district. >> >> For more about the May Peace Prevail On Earth movement and the origins of >> the Peace Pole, see *https://www.worldpeace.org/history/ >> <https://www.worldpeace.org/history/>* >> >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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