Town clerk of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation, Errol Greene (right), looks on as Keith Mussington cleans the monument that was erected at the intersection of Church and Tower streets in downtown Kingston last year in memory of slain children. - Norman Grindley/acting Photography editor

Tears, anger and disgust mark the faces of many who file past the monument for slain children at the intersection of Church and Tower streets in downtown Kingston.

'Secret Gardens' was established by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation last November, as a poignant reminder of the more than 450 children who have died under violent/tragic circumstances in the last five years.

"You have hundreds of persons who come here on a daily basis to just stop to pay their respects and there is not a day that goes by that tears are not shed at this place," Town Clerk Errol Greene told The Gleaner yesterday.

"Sometimes, people come by and look at the names and they might remember a name which leads to certain emotions while others just come by and place flowers," Greene added.

Yesterday, 13-year-old Tiffany Wilson seemed in shock as she read the names of the hundreds of victims.

"It make me feel sad and angry because these are just children," Tiffany said.

Another visitor to the monument who gave her name only as Tiwana was returning to Jamaica for the first time in 21 years and was obviously overwhelmed as she read the names.

"We won't have a society if we continue killing our children like this," Tiwana told The Gleaner.

Other visitors voiced similar sentiments as they stood solemnly in the vicinity of 'Secret Gardens', a painful reminder of the agony being inflicted on Jamaican children.