The Barbara Reynolds Memorial Monument

Barbara Reynolds Monument

Fund-raising Campaign

Monument Committee

We are pleased to announce that the long-awaited monument honoring Barbara Reynolds will be erected soon. Friends of World Friendship Center , especially those who love Barbara, are invited to make donations to commemorate her loving concern for hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bomb) and citizens of Hiroshima as well as her ardent wish for world peace. We hope that these memories may be passed down to next generations.

Barbara Reynolds, an American, dedicated her life to the cause of “Hiroshima” and world peace. She empathized with hibakusha, who desired a safe world, setting aside their own past misery, wretchedness, and anger. She supported hibakusha with a strong will and continued an appeal for the abolishment of nuclear weapons. Especially at this time, as Japan struggles with one difficulty after another – the devastating earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant failure – we are reminded of Barbara’s concern for those who have suffered catastrophe.

In October, 1975, Barbara Reynolds became a special honorary citizen of Hiroshima because of her accomplishments. Her endeavors included a voyage to the restricted zone of a nuclear test area off Hawaii on the yacht, “Phoenix of Hiroshima”, world tours with hibakusha and dispatching Peace Ambassadors between America and Japan. In 1965, as a bastion of peace movements, she founded World Friendship Center. Even now WFC is in operation by the principles that person to person communication is the basis of peace. The monument is to show younger generations what Barbara did for the sake of world peace.

The Barbara Reynolds Memorial Monument is scheduled to be erected in June of 2011. It is to be placed at the south-eastern corner of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan near the monuments of Norman Cousins and Dr. Marcel Junod.

Friends of WFC and Barbara Reynolds can make contributions toward the cost of the monument that will be placed in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. If you live in North America, and you want to make a donation, please send your check to the treasurer of the American Committee. His address is Dennis Horn, 3953 South Bailey Road, Wabash, IN 46992. Be sure to include ‘Barbara’s Monument’ on the memo line. Thank you for your generous and kind consideration for donations.