Rotary installs peace pole on CCC campus
OREGON CITY - The Rotary Club of Oregon City, in
collaboration with Clackamas Community College, has installed a Peace Pole on
the college’s Oregon City campus – the first peace pole in the city.
A dedication ceremony is set for Wednesday, May
31, at 4 p.m., in the plaza outside the Wacheno Welcome Center. The event is
open to the public and will include a short dedication and reading of a peace
poem.
The peace pole is an internationally recognized
symbol bearing the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth" in different
languages on each of its four sides. There are more than 250,000 peace poles
across the world. The peace poles are intended to unite people of different
cultures, faiths and ideals to celebrate humanity and manifest peace on earth.
