A century ago Irish nationalists staged an armed uprising in a failed bid to throw off the yoke of British rule, a moment in Ireland’s path to independence that political leaders in Springfield don’t want residents to forget.

The city plans to unveil a garden in Forest Park this month to commemorate the Irish Easter Rising that unfolded in 1916 and resonated strongly with Irish immigrants in the United States.

“The event in and of itself helped to transform the city of Springfield and Boston and other cities,’’ said US Representative Richard Neal of Springfield, who is an honorary cochairman of the project. “The garden is a direct call to Ireland’s exiled children in America and also one of the few declarations of independence in the world that references Irish men and Irish women.’’

Neal said he has heard from constituents who said their grandparents participated in the Easter Rising. The British quashed the insurrection after six days of fighting, much of it in Dublin. About 450 people were killed; 15 leaders of the rebellion were executed.

“Western Massachusetts has a long and rich history of Irish families that immigrated here,’’ said Patrick Sullivan, Springfield’s director of parks and buildings and one of the garden’s designers. “It really shows the fabric of our city that we don’t tolerate injustice or oppression.’’

Sullivan said his favorite aspect of the garden is the five-fold Celtic knot hedge design in the center.

“That represents how everyone is connected to one another,’’ he said. “What we do in our lives can affect someone else.’’

The Celtic pattern is encompassed by a ring of seven trees, which represents the seven Irish leaders who organized the rebellion. Also featured are two flagpoles, one for the American flag and one for the Irish, as well as a black granite replica of the 1916 proclamation declaring Ireland’s independence from the United Kingdom.

The Irish government last year invited communities to craft remembrance gardens for the 100th anniversary. Springfield says it is the first in the United States to complete one.

Alice Yin can be reached at alice.yin@globe.com.