Children's Peace Monument

This guide to the Children's Peace Monument in Hiroshima follows a question one of Sadako Sasaki's classmates raised after her death: why not build a monument for every child killed by the bomb, not just her? It traces Sadako's own story first, a toddler in the city in 1945 who later, as a hospitalized schoolgirl, took up an old promise that folding paper cranes could grant a wish. You'll hear how her classmates carried that promise further, reaching schools far beyond Hiroshima. Look for the glass cases nearby, still filling with cranes sent by children who never met her.