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ホームルーム：平和宣言を読む
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Homeroom: Reading our declaration on peace |
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6月23日は、慰霊の日です。第2次世界大戦のときに沖縄戦で亡くなった人々の霊を慰める日です。沖縄では、学校や会社が休みになり、戦没者の追悼式が行われます。毎年、慰霊の日が近づくと、平和を考えるためのさまざまな行事が行われます。先週の全体集会では、ひめゆり学徒隊で生き残った女性の体験談を聞きました。そのあと、南風原高校生の「平和宣言」を採択しました。
ホームルームでその「平和宣言」のプリントが配られ、ぼくが代表で朗読しました。宣言のおもな内容は、「わたしたちは、過去の歴史から、武器を持ち戦う戦争は人間の尊厳を否定するということを学んだ。だから、武器を捨てて、本当に平和な沖縄をわたしたちの手で創造していこう」というものです。
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June 23 is Memorial Day, the day we pray for the repose of the souls of people who died in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Throughout Okinawa, schools and companies take the day off and memorial services for the war dead are held. There are always various activities organized on the theme of peace as Memorial Day approaches. At a general school assembly held last week, a woman who had served in the Himeyuri Gakutotai (a wartime nursing corps made up of higher school students and their teachers) gave a talk about her experiences, and then we presented a "Declaration of Peace" supported by the students of Haebaru High School.
In this photo, copies of the peace statement had been handed out in our homeroom period, and I'm reading it aloud for the class. The gist of the declaration was that, since we can see from history how war and armed conflict tramples on the dignity of humanity, we therefore resolve to do all we can to abolish weapons and create true peace for Okinawa.
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