WEBSITE WAR MEMORIAL AND PEACE CARILLONS |
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In the Peace Palace in The Hague the website War Memorial and Peace Carillons (WMPC) was launched on Thursday, November 30, 2017. The mayor of The Hague, the president of the International Court of Justice, and representatives of embassies were among the approximately 70 attendees. The website currently presents information about more than 30 carillons, including the 'Peace Tower' of the National Parliament in Ottawa, the 'National War Memorial' in Wellington (New-Zealand), the city hall of Cape Town, and the universities of Toronto, Sydney and Leuven. INVITATION INSTRUMENTEN The initiative to form a network around the 'War Memorial and Peace Carillons' came into being during the WCF-congress in 2014 in Antwerp. The theme of the congress was in fact War Memorial Carillons after the First and Second World War. In the Netherlands war memorials in sound can be found in Amsterdam (Slotermeer), Arnhem, Bergen (N.H.), Doesburg, Heiligerlee, Meppel, Oosterbeek and Waalre. The WMPC logo shows the black of conflicts that lies like a net over the earth, but from which a peace dove with an olive branch ascends. In the next few months, the website |
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