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Plaque

Edmund Burke - NW6

Erection date: 27/4/1983

Inscription

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.
Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797

Site: Maygrove Peace Park (8 memorials)

NW6, Maygrove Road, Maygrove Peace Park

The park was built on former railway sidings and opened on 27 April 1983, to coincide with the 38th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. It contains a cherry tree, which commemorates the one that continued to bloom after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.

The (non-memorial, as far as we can tell) sculpture sitting on the boulder is called Untitled (Listening) (1983-4), and was sculpted by Antony Gormley, so he was probably the model as well. The inscribed stones are laid into the tarmac path near the sculpture.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Edmund Burke - NW6

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Edmund Burke

Economist, philosopher, author and statesman. Born in Dublin. MP 1766-94 with...

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Albert Einstein - NW6

Albert Einstein - NW6

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Haile Selassie and Bob Marley

Haile Selassie and Bob Marley

The quotation is from an address by Haile Selassie to the United Nations on t...

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John Lennon - NW6

John Lennon - NW6

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer but I'...

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Martin Luther King - NW6

Martin Luther King - NW6

Joseph Ross sources this quote to a 1967 book by King, 'Where Do We Go From H...

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Peace Crane

Peace Crane

A photo on a nearby information board shows the statue surrounded by children...

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