Peace Poles installed at Fox Chapel Area School District schools, Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania, USA
October 22, 2025
Fox Chapel Area School District has a symbol of peace at each of its six schools courtesy of a community nonprofit.
The Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area donated peace poles to the district earlier this year.
outside Hartwood Elementary in Indiana Township,
while Fox Chapel Area School Board vice president
and club member Robert Frank looks on.
Rotary Club of Fox Chapel Area officials
at a peace pole dedication outside the Indiana Township.
Each Peace Pole is an 8-foot monument that shows the message, “May Peace Prevail On Earth,” in eight languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, French, and Hebrew.
The saying was authored by the late spiritual teacher and poet Masahisa Goi of Japan after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Rotary Club past president George Dull was at Hartwood Elementary for a Peace Pole dedication at the Indiana Township K-5 school on Oct. 22.
He said the project was part of a local effort in conjunction with Rotary International.
“There are thousands of these all over the world, and we wanted to be part of it,” Dull said. “There’s even one underwater in Aruba
Michael DiVittorio | TribLive