If you walk by the SMCC campus Cafeteria building, which looks out over Willard Beach, you'll notice a simple wooden pole planted next to the Settler's Cemetery wall, with the following phrase inscribed on the sides of the pole in 8 different languages:  May Peace Prevail On Earth.

The Peace Pole symbol was created by a group of people, led by Japanese peace activist Masahisa Goi after the nuclear bombs were dropped in Japan at the end of WWII.    The sole objective was to place the phrase "May Peace Prevail On Earth" in front of people at every opportunity, a kind of meditative phrase to promote the ideal of peace.  A group of people began placing the phrase, in various languages, on cedar poles that could be "planted" by individuals and groups hoping to share in the process of making peace.  There are now more than 200,000 Peace Poles planted around the world. You can read more about The Peace Project here: https://www.worldpeace.org/history/

The original pole was planted in the Spring of 1987 as a commemorative monument after the finale of a 10 part community television series titled "Quest For Peace".  This local television show was produced by a large group of citizens in the nearby SMCC (SPTV) Studios.  The series explored the issue of Nuclear Proliferation in the late 1980s and involved in-studio round table discussions with a wide variety of community leaders and politicians as well as live call-in segments from members of the public.  You can watch samples of the original Quest for Peace show here.