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Slate plaque № 40481

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THIS SQUARE PREVIOUSLY NAMED ST PAUL'S GARDENS WAS CALLED BY THE PEOPLE OF SHEFFIELD THE PEACE GARDENS & WAS DEDICATED AS SUCH ON HIROSHIMA DAY ON 6TH AUGUST 1985 IN THE PRESENCE OF THREE HIBAKUSHA SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC DEVASTATION OF THE CITY OF HIROSHIMA. IT WAS REBUILT IN CELEBRATION OF THE SECOND MILLENNIUM AND REDEDICATED IN THE NAME OF PEACE ON 9TH DECEMBER 1998 BY THE CHILDREN OF SHEFFIELD BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD

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