A Rose By Any Name

On This Day In History
1944: Anne Frank writes her last diary entry

Quote Of The Day
"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness."
(Anne Frank)

In 1955, the Belgian breeder Hippolyte Delforge created a new hybrid rose. After becoming acquainted with Anne’s father, Otto, he offered to devote the most beautiful rose he had ever produced as a memento of Anne. In 1960, the rose was registered under the name Souvenir d’Anne Frank.

Anne’s rose was entrusted by Otto to Otsuki Michiko, a member of the Holy Ecclesia of Jesus in Japan, with a wish for peace, and was propagated at the Kyoto Holy Ecclesia of Jesus Sagano Church in 1973. It was later donated to the city of Hiroshima by relatives of Ms. Otsuki in 1989 where it now blooms at the Peace Park.

This morning I cycled to the Anne Frank Rose Church in Koyoen to take these photos after hearing the sad news of Nichelle Nichols' passing. Another rose,

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