Monday, January 14, 2013

Peace Park - Seattle







Sadly, the spot in the picture below was where the  Sadako and the Thousand Cranes sculpture, created in 1990 by artist Daryl Smith used to The statue is a life-size bronze of Sadako Sasaki, the young Japanese girl who survived the Hiroshima bombing only to die of radiation sickness at age 12.

The statue was vandalized twice and was removed











and of picture of the sculpture from Seattle Parks site




Sadako and the Thousand Cranes. Photo by Astrid Cerny

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