Amazon Quiz: This is a memorial to which famous musician in Strawberry Fields, New York?
John Lennon
Bob Marley
Leonard Cohen
Amy Winehouse
Answer: John Lennon
Strawberry Fields is a memorial of John Lennon (1940–1980) who was a British
rock musician and a peace activist. The memorial includes the Imagine mosaic. Many
visit there to pay tribute to Lennon. Strawberry Fields is the name of the
memorial which is a reference to the 1967 song written by Lennon. The song, “Strawberry
Fields Forever”, was performed by Beatles. John Lennon’s memorial has a five-acre
landscape near the West 72nd Street entrance.
On October 9, 1985, Strawberry Fields was officially dedicated on the occasion
of the 45th birth anniversary of John Lennon. In the form of a living landscape
which changes and grows with time, the memorial was a rare alternative to the
traditional memorials when it opened.
Every year, on this date and on the occasion of the anniversary of
John Lennon’s death, visitors and fans from all over the world gather at the
memorial to pay homage to the legacy of Beatles. The memorial is lined with
tall elm trees, shrubs, flowers and rocks, and this area is designated as a
quiet zone in Central Park. A plaque is
embedded in one of the boulders along the pathway leading to the mosaic, and it
lists the 121 countries that endorse Strawberry Fields as a Garden of Peace.
Park that pays tribute to the Beatle, John Lennon who was a musician,
singer, songwriter, and peace activist.
John Lennon lived in the Dakota Apartments with his wife, Yoko Ono, adjacently
located to this area of the Central Park. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was
murdered and shot dead in this area while he was walking to his home.
More About
John Lennon
John Lennon was amongst the founding members of the rock
band, The Beatles. He was a legendary musician and songwriter from Liverpool,
England. He went on to achieve great fame and success throughout the world along
with his native country. The Beatles had Paul McCartney, George Harrison and
Ringo Starr in its line-up, and the band became the greatest and most
influential band of the rock era, and the most successful one commercially. By the time he formed the Beatles, John Lennon
was recognized as a well-known musician.
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