May Peace Prevail
There's an excellent chance you've seen a Peace Pole in a public park or garden at some point in your life. There are a couple where I live, and one is in an unexpected location. It's "in" a garden, but not in the garden. Next to a public botanical garden is a small complex owned by the Catholic Diocese, including a "house of prayer" and a small residential space. This complex doesn't have a fence separating it from the garden, so the garden visibly flows into the grounds of the House of Prayer (and vice versa). In what is essentially the side yard of the attached house – but appears to be, sort of, kind of, in the garden – you'll find a Peace Pole. I'm not sure what the story is behind it. Whether some people wanted it in the garden but the City Council decided one public pole (at a beach-side park) was enough and this was a compromise, or if the Catholic Diocese just wanted a Peace Pole in their House of Prayer complex. Either way, there...
