“The Peace Pole is the internationally recognized symbol of peace, with it’s purpose to promote multicultural understanding, conflict resolution and world peace consciousness.” A Peace Pole is a hand-crafted 8 foot high pole, planted, in the ground, or on a base, and carved out of Western Red Cedar, with natural plant resin oil. It has 8 sides, with a Plexiglas plaque on each side that displays the message and prayer, “May Peace Prevail on Earth”, on each of its eight sides, in different languages. The Peace Pole in Wellington, Florida has English, Spanish, Japanese, Hebrew, Hindi, Chinese, Arabic and Russian on the sides.
There are more than 250,000 Peace Poles in 180 countries all over the world, dedicated as monuments to peace. Peace Poles are in simple places, such as churches and gardens. Others are located at extraordinary places, such as at the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt; the United Nations Assembly,…
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