Pictured are Dashiel Meriwether, Cascade Locks student; Janice Crane, executive director of the Cascade Historical Museum; Brad Lorang, Port of Cascade Locks president; Deb Lorang, president of the Cascade Locks Historical Society; Eclipse Larkin, Hood River Rotary Interact member; Jeremiah Blue, executive director of the Port of Cascade Locks; Courtnee Keilman, Cascade Locks city councilor; Kevin Keilman; Brenda Woods, mayor of Cascade Locks; and Steve Schmidt, Hood River Rotary and Peace Pole committee chair. Chelsea Marr photo
Pictured are Dashiel Meriwether, Cascade Locks student; Janice Crane, executive director of the Cascade Historical Museum; Brad Lorang, Port of Cascade Locks president; Deb Lorang, president of the Cascade Locks Historical Society; Eclipse Larkin, Hood River Rotary Interact member; Jeremiah Blue, executive director of the Port of Cascade Locks; Courtnee Keilman, Cascade Locks city councilor; Kevin Keilman; Brenda Woods, mayor of Cascade Locks; and Steve Schmidt, Hood River Rotary and Peace Pole committee chair. Chelsea Marr photo
CASCADE LOCKS — Cascade Locks received a Peace Pole at The Bridge of the Gods Pacific Northwest trailhead and rest area on Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace, from the Hood River Rotary Club.
Third graders from Cascade Locks Elementary selected the languages transcribed on the pole, including Gaelic French, Japanese, English, Spanish, Italian, Warm Springs Kiksht and Braille, for the visually impaired. Eclipse Larkin, Hood River Rotary student Interact club member, read the dedication during the ceremony, explaining the Peace Pole began with Japanese philosopher Masahisa Goi after the devastation of World War II. Goi believed in the spiritual belief of peace and the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth.” He also believed in the spirit of universal love.
The first Peace Pole was dedicated in 1955, and there are now more than 200,000 in the world. It has become the most recognized international symbol of peace.
A second Peace Pole was also dedicated at The History Museum of Hood River County, located on E. Marina Drive. That pole includes, for the first time, the Native language Chinuk Wawa, a trade language that originated among Indigenous tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
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