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The John Lennon Peace Monument, also known as the European Peace Monument, is a peace monument dedicated to the memory of John Lennon in Liverpool, England. It was unveiled by Julian and Cynthia Lennon at a ceremony in Chavasse Park, Liverpool, on Saturday 9 October 2010 to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. The monument is now located adjacent to ACC Liverpool at Kings Dock on the Liverpool Waterfront. == Peace and Harmony == The eighteen-foot sculpture entitled 'Peace & Harmony' was created by Lauren Voiers, a 19-year-old American artist and fabricated by Lyle London at Art in Metal USA in Tempe, Arizona. Voiers was commissioned by the Global Peace Initiative to create the monument from her original painting, 'Peace & Harmony", as a part of the Global Peace Initiative to position sculptures of peace on each continent. The art work was originally situated in a five acre green space in Chavasse Park, but is now located in the public space alongside ACC Liverpool offering a geographical point where people can gather to remember John Lennon and contemplate Lennon's quest for world peace. The sculpture is hand-painted metal with a white glass feather placed at the top. Artist Voiers describes the essence of the monument as it relates to John Lennon, "His overall message is of people for people. When I was starting the monument I decided to incorporate music as the overall theme. There are a lot of healing powers to music, and Lennon captured that through his whole career and in dedicating himself to peace and bringing people together."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Monument in the Life )〕 The significance of the white feather is explained by Julian Lennon, "Dad once said to me that should he pass away, if there was some way of letting me know he was going to be OK – that we were all going to be OK – the message would come to me in the form of a white feather.” Jerry Goldman, MD The Beatles Story, Liverpool comments: “Lennon’s message of peace is timeless and is one that is now more relevant than ever. We hope that this imposing monument dedicated to John will become a place that people from all over the world will visit to contemplate peace and John Lennon’s contribution to it through his music. The monument is the second peace monument to be gifted by the Global Peace Initiative; the first is the peace monument for Asia which has a permanent home in Singapore. There are plans for a third monument to be gifted to the people of South America as part of a pledge by the Global Peace Initiative to reach out to all continents. At the unveiling ceremony at Chavasse Park in 2010, Liverpool City Council leader Joe Anderson said:
At the unveiling of the European Peace Monument Julian Lennon told the crowd which included European ambassadors, Beatles former drummer Pete Best and hundreds of Liverpudlians:
Cythia Lennon said:
The sculpture is described by Lauren Voiers, the artist, as 'a beacon of light, in memory of John Lennon who devoted the later part of his life to a worldwide peace movement' and incorporates a number of peace symbols including the peace sign, doves and also a white feather. The monument, which is made of metal and glass is inscribed with the words "Peace on Earth for the Conservation of Life – In Honour of John Lennon 1940–1980". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Lennon Peace Monument」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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