To Make Sure That You Remember... Quiz

Answer: Japan

Peace Memorial Park is built on an area that was once the busiest downtown residential and commercial district in Hiroshima, Japan. The area was completely leveled by the nuclear bomb that was dropped here on August 6, 1945. The park acts not only as a monument to the estimated 140,000 victims, but also highlights the horrors of war and as an advocate for world peace.

Answer: Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Ground was set aside by Congress in July 1980 for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A nationwide competition was held to attract designs and work began in March 1982. Eight months later, on November 13, 1982, the final memorial was dedicated. The monument consists of two gabbro walls, each 246' 9" long. Where the walls meet, at their highest point, they are just over 10-feet high. Each tapers down to just 8 inches at the farthest end.

The names of more than 58,000 service personnel who died in the Vietnam War are carved into the walls. Facing the wall, a short distance away, is the pictured bronze statue known as "The Three Soldiers" (or sometimes The Three Servicemen).

They are clearly identifiable as White American, African American and Hispanic American.

Answer: Gettysburg PA

Dedicated by President F.D. Roosevelt in January 1938, the natural gas "Flame of Eternal Peace" sits atop a tower on a stone terrace overlooking the site of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. The flame is visible from a distance of more than 20 miles.
The monument is the work of sculptor Lee Lawrie, who also produced the bronze "Statue of Atlas" that stands in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Answer: Reykjavík, Iceland

The Imagine Peace Tower was unveiled in 2007 with Yoko Ono, Lennon's son Sean Lennon, former Beatle Ringo Starr, Olivia Harrison, widow of George Harrison, and Olivia's son Dhani Harrison in attendance. It is situated on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland.
The words "Imagine Peace" are carved into the white stone base in 24 languages. In the top of the tower are 15 searchlights, with prisms that act as mirrors and reflect the columns of light 4,000 meters vertically into the sky.

Answer: Milan

Built in 1807 by Italian architect Luigi Cagnola, the neoclassical 80-foot high and 78-foot wide Arch of Peace dominates the square adjacent to Simplon Park, the main city park in Milan. The arch itself has Corinthian columns and is decorated with bas-reliefs and statues honoring major events in both Italian and European history.
The Arch of Peace now stands near to where "Porta Giovia" (Jupiter's Gate), a gate in the city's walls dating back to Roman times, once stood.

Answer: Ottawa, Canada

Located at the intersection of Mackenzie Avenue and Sussex Drive, just north of the American Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, The Peacekeeping Monument honors Canada's role in international peacekeeping. Designed by award-winning Canadian architect Gregory Henriquez, the monument features three peacekeepers, two men and one woman.
The monument was featured on the 1995 Canadian $1 coin. August 9 is officially "National Peacekeepers' Day" in Canada, a remembrance of Canadian veterans of peacekeeping missions. It is observed annually on the nearest Sunday to August 9.

Answer: Norway and Sweden

Although the Norwegian constitution was adopted in May 1814, the official union between Norway and Sweden was not formally dissolved until June 1905. The Nordic Peace Congress held in Stockholm in 1910 decided that 100 years of peace between the two countries should be commemorated with a monument.

A 6-hectare site on the border between Norway and Sweden was set aside and the pictured monument was completed in 1914. The name "Morokulien" is an amalgamation of the Norwegian and Swedish for 'fun' (moro and kul, respectively).

Answer: Ohio

One of the most significant naval battles during the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, the Battle of Lake Erie (also called the Battle of Put-in-Bay) took place on September 10, 1813. Fought near the village of Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, which lies just three miles into Lake Erie off the northern coast of Ohio, the U.S. fleet commanded by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, delivered a decisive victory.
Established under F.D. Roosevelt as "Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument" in 1936, it was renamed and designated a National Monument in 1972. Located in Put-in-Bay, the nearest city is Sandusky on the Ohio mainland.
The monument itself consists of a 352-foot tall Doric column, which is the world's tallest column of this type. It is also one of the tallest monuments in the U.S. -- only the Washington Monument, the gateway Arch in Saint Louis and San Jacinto Monument in Houston are higher.

Answer: Louisville KY

The Patriots Peace Memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day in 2002 in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. The monument consists of a hollow cube with brick walls, but a solid brick is removed from the wall and replaced with a glass brick etched with the name of the fallen service person. By day, light shines into the monument through the glass bricks, and by night light shines out. Each beam of light serves to remind visitors of the freedom bought and safeguarded by the brave men and women commemorated here. The memorial honors members from all branches of the armed services who have died in the line of duty outside of declared hostile action.

As of 2007, 421 patriots who gave their lives for their country since the end of the Vietnam War had been enshrined here.

Answer: Belgium

Unveiled on Armistice Day in 1998, the Island of Ireland Peace Park (also known as the Irish Tower or the Irish Peace Park) is located in the city of Messines, near Ypres in Belgium. The park is located adjacent to the site of the Battle of Messines Ridge, which was fought over a week in the middle of June 1917. Troops from Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand scored a decisive victory for the allies under the command of British Field Marshal Douglas Haig.

The British contingent here contained many Irish soldiers, who fought side by side irrespective of religion against the common enemy.

The Battle of Messines was a prelude to the much larger Third Battle of Ypres, which began a month later.