Eternal flame

An eternal flame is a symbol to remember someone important, a specific event or a group of brave and noble people.

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Examples include the following:

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• The Bible commands that "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out", regarding the altar of the Tabernacle. (Leviticus 6:13, KJV)
• Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which has burned continuously since 1921, in memory of all who died in World War I;
• The Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa symbolizes the unity of Canada;
• The square in downtown Decatur, Georgia, for the Korean War, World War II and the Vietnam War;
• King Center in Atlanta, Georgia for Martin Luther King;
• Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Israel for assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin;
• The John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame, in Arlington National Cemetery;
• The Pont de l?Alma Tunnel in Paris for Diana, Princess of Wales;
• Shanksville, Pennsylvania to honor those aboard flight 93 on 9-11;
• Ground Zero, New York City and Honolulu, Hawaii to honor victims of 9-11;
• Madonna del Ghisallo, for all cyclists who have died;
• The Olympic Flame is a kind of eternal flame which is kept lit throughout the Olympic Games;
• Atop the Prayer Tower on the campus of ORU, which represents the baptism of the Holy Spirit;
• At a Buddhist tomb in Nara, Japan, which has been burning for over 1100 years;
• At the Newport News Victory Arch, commemorating American servicemen and women.

There is an area producing natural spontaneous flames ?n Olympos National Park in Turkey.

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