Elected officials in Los Alamos, N.M., where
government scientists built the first atomic bomb, recently
squelched a plan hatched by Albuquerque children to commemorate
peace. County council members said the proposed park might become a
gathering place for peaceniks, and that a plaque on a statue there
might express anti-war sentiments. The council’s rejection stunned
some teenagers at the council meeting and several left in tears,
reports the New Mexican. They had hoped to build the park as a
sister memorial to one in Hiroshima, Japan, and had gained the
support of 41,379 children from all over the world who had
contributed $20,000 toward the
project.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Peace gets no chance.
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