Cofeb Rhyfel a Heddwch

Cofeb Rhyfel a Heddwch ~ War and Peace Memorial


“In the war [World War 1.] things were in terrible turmoil. What I had learned at the academy was of no use to me and the useful new ideas were still unready... I felt myself freed and had to shout my jubilation out to the world. Out of parsimony I took what I could find to do this, because we were now an impoverished country. One can even shout with refuse, and this is what I did, nailing and gluing it [gluing his collage art] together. I called it 'Merz'; it was a prayer about the victorious end of the war, victorious as once again peace had won in the end; everything had broken down in any case and new things had to be made out of the fragments; and this is Merz.”
― Kurt Schwitters, (As quoted in Kurt Schwitters, das literarische Werk, ed. Friedhelm Lach, Dumont Cologne, 1973 – 1981, Vol. 5, p. 335.)

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Cerddais i i'r pentref ar gyfer y dosbarth Shibashi eto heddiw. Roedd y tywydd yn ddisglair, heulog a hyd yn oed cynnes.

Roeddwn i'n meddwl bod y poplys yn edrych yn odidog ar y comin. Maen nhw'n eithaf arbennig. Cawson nhw eu plannu ar ddiwedd yr Ail Ryfel Byd gan y bydyn America i ddweud diolch i'r bobl o'r Eglwys Newydd am eu lletygarwch. Doeddwn i ddim yn gwybod sawl coed gafodd eu plannu, ond nawr mae dim ond pedwar ar ôl. Mae ganddyn nhw ddisgwyliad oes o tua 50 mlynedd. Felly dim y drwg ar ôl wythdeg blwyddyn. 

Gerllaw mae plac sy'n darllen:

THIS AVENUE OF TREES / WAS PLANTED ON BEHALF OF / THE 2nd EVACUATION UNIT/ OF THE / UNITED STATES ARMY / AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE / FOR THE HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO THEM / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WHITCHURCH/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939-1945

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195480

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I walked to the village for the Shibashi class again today. The weather was bright, sunny and even warm.

I thought the poplars looked magnificent on the common. They are quite special. They were planted at the end of the Second World War by the American army to say thank you to the people of Whitchurch for their hospitality. I didn't know how many trees were planted, but now there are only four left.. They have a life expectancy of around 50 years. So not bad after eighty years

Nearby is a plaque which reads:

THIS AVENUE OF TREES / WAS PLANTED ON BEHALF OF / THE 2nd EVACUATION UNIT/ OF THE / UNITED STATES ARMY / AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE / FOR THE HOSPITALITY EXTENDED TO THEM / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WHITCHURCH/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939- 1945

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/195480

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Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Poplys coffa ar y comin

Description (English) : Memorial poplars on the common

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