Read an address at a ceremony

		Chairperson of the Hiroshima City Council
				Kichirou  Segawa

	------ The environment of Peace Memorial Ceremony  -----

*The Memorial Cenotaph(Hiroshima Peace City Memorial)

  The Memorial Cenotaph is the central monument to honor and console the 
souls of the victims of the A-bombing.  It stands close to the exact center 
of Peace Memorial Park and was unveiled on August 6,1952.  At the center of 
the monument lies a stone coffin which holds the Register of the A-bomb 
Victims.

*Inscription

  The front of the stone coffin reads, "Let All The Souls Here Rest In Peace;
For We Shall Not Repeat The Evil."  These words are a pledge never again to 
repeat the evil of war that visitors make as they pray for the repose of the 
souls of the A-bomb victims. They express Hiroshima's determination to 
endure the sorrows of the past, transcend all rage and hatred, and work 
tirelessly for a world of genuine peace and mutual prosperity.

*Pond of Peace

  The pond encircles the Cenotaph for the A-bomb victims and was designed 
to make the cenotaph seem as if it were floating up out of the pond's water. 

*Flame of Peace

  It completed on August 1, 1964. Symbolizing the universal desire for a 
world free of nuclear weapons, the flame will burn until the day when all 
such weapons shall have disappeared from the earth. The flame lies in a direct 
line between the cenotaph and the A-bomb Dome.
                         
*A-bomb Dome

  The A-bomb Dome is the ruins of the former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial 
Promotion Hall. It is to be preserved as an appeal for world peace and as 
a witness to the honor of nuclear weapons.




					CSI HIROSHIMA Live Project 1995 (3)