87th Peace Pole Dedication at Twin Hills School, Sebastopol, California, USA.
May 28, 2026
The entire student body of Twin Hills Middle School turned out on a recent Wednesday morning to witness the unveiling of an eight-foot-tall, 4×4, white pole with black letters in eight languages that all read, “May Peace Prevail on Earth.”
The Peace Pole on the western Sebastopol school campus thus became the newest among millions of almost identical poles planted at schools and other public places around the world. It was the 86th Peace pole to be planted at a Sonoma County school, where Analy students conducted a very similar ceremony just last month.
The Twin Hills students were led by the members of the school’s Rotary Interact leadership club as they also celebrated the completion of a full-wall mural depicting joined hands, international flag symbols and foot-tall letters that read, “Stronger Together.”
Adult members of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol and the Sonoma County chapter of Veterans For Peace, who mentored the project, were also on hand for the celebration.
Twin Hills student leaders Kendall Hill and Evy Royer welcomed everyone and explained how their fellow students completed the fundraising and planning for the Peace Pole, which will be located in a new Twin Hills Peace Garden section of the campus.
The eight languages inscribed on the Peace Pole were selected by the students and include English, Spanish, Pomo, Mandarin, Japanese, Ukrainian, German and American Sign Language. The pole also includes a Braille posting and a QR code that can be scanned to view a collection of the international Peace Poles from all around the world.
Kathy Hicks, president of the Rotary Club of Sebastopol, and Veterans For Peace leader Fred Ptucha offered closing remarks. The students also thanked local adult volunteers Dan O. Davis and Ryan Bloom for removing tree stumps and preparing the new garden space where two benches will be added soon.
Another Peace Pole is being planned for next autumn on the Brook Haven Middle School campus.
By Rollie Atkinson
Sebastopol Times.
Submitted by: Fred Ptucha