About 50 people representing groups across the community gathered this weekend at a pocket park in southwest Rochester to unveil a symbol of peace.
The 8-foot-tall monument is one of more than 200,000 around the world. They’re all part of The Peace Pole Project, which says poles like it are in just about every nation on Earth. The first was planted in Japan in the 1970s, and the idea went international in the 1980s to honor its creator after his death.
All the poles bear the slogan “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in various languages…