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The Peace Monument of Glendale is an exact replica of the original memorial dedicated to comfort women, the Statue of Peace. The statue is located in Central Park near the Glendale Public Library in Glendale, California, United States.
ABOUT. The "comfort women", were young women and girls who were coerced or abducted into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. These women and girls remained in silence for almost half a century before coming forward to tell their story.
Jul 30, 2013 · A special day in Glendale on Tuesday, as city officials unveiled a monument remembering Korean sex slave survivors, who were commonly called “comfort women.” The monument wasn’t easy to get...
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Jul 30, 2013 · Glendale city officials on Tuesday were resolute in their decision to install a 1,100-pound metal statue at Central Park memorializing Asian women and girls who were held as sex slaves by the...
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Apr 4, 2017 · The 1,100-pound bronze statue is located in Glendale and depicts a stoic Korean girl sitting next to an empty chair — a replica of the "peace monument” in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul,...
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Jul 21, 2022 · Glendale, CA —Glendale Library, Arts & Culture, and ReflectSpace Gallery are proud to present Modes of Resistance: Legacies of Colonialism and “Comfort Women,” a trans-disciplinary exhibit co-curated by Monica Hye Yeon Jun and Ara and Anahid Oshagan and including work by Korean artists Jin-woo Kim, In-sang Kwak, Han Ho, and Bora Lee.
Feb 22, 2014 · The lawsuit is the latest attempt to remove the 1,100-pound statue for so-called comfort women, which was installed in July, the Glendale News-Press reported.
