Brotherhood Memorial Moves
The Brotherhood Memorial on East Blvd has been a part of the new Croatian Cultural Garden. In a fitting display of the purpose of the Cultural Gardens as enunciated in “Their Paths are Peace”, the Croatian Cultural Garden committee moved to change their Garden’s southern boundary so that the Brotherhood Monument is now within the Hebrew Cultural Garden. The City of Cleveland made it official recently. The Brotherhood Memorial was erected by the Jewish social services organization, B’nai Brith, on the occasion of their 100th anniversary in Cleveland on October 23, 1953 and to memorialize, on the occasion of the sinking of the Dorchester troop ship during WWII, the Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant clergy who gave up their life vests, and in turn their lives, to save those troops who did not have them, exemplifying “… the unity of this nation, founded upon the truth of human brotherhood.” The Hebrew Cultural Garden will be responsible for restoring the memorial as well as maintaining it and the surrounding grounds.