The World Peace Memorial - Doves - Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia. - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

The World Peace Memorial - pedestal displays a slightly abstract, flock of white doves in flight. The Doves are larger than life, & appear to be made of metal.

The bi-lingual text reads: WORLD PEACE The common goal of humanity & the date 11/11/2011. The day the renovated & extended memorial park was re-opened.

Air Itam Memorial Park - A small park that is dedicated to the fallen of World War II. The area around the Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park was upgraded into the Air Itam War Memorial Park with the installation of interpretive plaque and other memorial features, including The Peace Memorial & The Remembrance Wall Mural.

Air Itam is a suburb of George Town, Penang Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Zone.

Info below on the Overseas Chinese Anti-War Monument. The original memorial that founded the park on 11/November/1951.

"The Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park - Located at the Air Itam Roundabout in Air Itam, is a memorial to the Chinese people of Penang who died under the Japanese Occupation in World War II. The whitewashed obelisk especially commemorates the over 700 who were buried nearby. They consist of martyrs who joined the anti-Japanese resistance movement in China in the 1930s and 40s, mainly Chinese machinery workers from Penang, as well as victims of Japanese atrocities during the occupation.

The Overseas Chinese Anti-War Memorial Park commemorates the many who loss their lives under Japanese atrocities during the Second World War. Buried under the memorial are the remains of some 800 incomplete skeletons exhumed from various sites, among them Coombe Hill in Gelugor, Thean Teik Estate, Vale of Tempe and Batu Ferringhi. The remains were cremated and the ashes, in sixty-six bags, were then buried beneath the memorial." Text Source: (visit link)


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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: The World Peace Memorial Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 11/11/2011 Materials used: Stone & Metal Location: Air Itam - Memorial Park.

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