Eternal flame facts for kids
An Eternal flame is a flame that burns for a very long time. They are used for creating a powerful symbol. There was an eternal flame in the ancient Greek temple at Delphi. Other famous eternal flames include the one at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris, the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame at his grave in the Arlington National Cemetery, and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia.
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Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin eternal flame memorializing losses during World War II.
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Prismatically broken eternal flame at World War II memorial in East Berlin
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Eternal Flame in Sarajevo
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
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The eternal flame at Brothers' Cemetery, Riga, Latvia
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Eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow
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Eternal Flame in Vinnytsia
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Eternal flame war memorial in Bowman, South Carolina
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The Pira da Liberdade, Brazilian eternal flame, in São Paulo
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The Pantheon of Fatherland and Freedom, Tancredo Neves, in Brasília
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Eternal flame at the Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Raj Ghat, Delhi
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Peace Flame at the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan
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An eternal flame is featured on the New Design/BSP series Philippine 1000-peso bill.
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Fires of Chimera at Yanartaş, Çıralı, Turkey
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The Darvaza gas crater, near Derweze, Turkmenistan, has been burning since 1971.
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Tour guide cooks pancakes on natural flames at Murchison, New Zealand.
See also
In Spanish: Llama eterna para niños
