Sadako Peace
Park
in Seattle, WA
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Photo by Jon Honda
of Seattle, WA.
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This
Statue of Sadako Sasaki stands in the Seattle Peace Park. This park was
built by Dr. Floyd Schmoe when
he was 93 years old. Dr. Schmoe won the Hiroshima Peace Prize of $5000
in 1988 and used the money to clear a small lot near the University of
Washington. From a pile of wrecked cars, garbage and brush, he built
with volunteers, a beautiful "Peace Park." The park was
dedicated on August 6, 1990, the 45th anniversary of the bombing of
Hiroshima.
The Statue is a life size bronze of
Sadako Sasaki, the young Japanese girl who survived the Hiroshima
bombing, but later died from radiation sickness when she was 12 years
old.
Hundreds of children visit the park each
year and bring Paper Cranes to the Statue on a regular basis to show
their hope for Peace in this World. There are some days when you can
visit the Park and find thousands of the Paper Cranes draped over
Sadako.
Sadako is a symbol of Peace throughout
the World due to the strength she showed while fighting against her
illness and folding hundreds of Paper Cranes.
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