Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration Events
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will be holding their 78th year of remembrance for the atomic bombings of Japan. Events are timed to coincide with remembrance events being held in Japan, and are spread across three days. The Hiroshima commemorations are held at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden, and the Nagasaki commemoration is held at the Global Harmony Labyrinth at Como Park.
Dates of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemorations
Saturday, August 5 at 6pm at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden: commemorative tea ceremony by Yukimakai Tea Study Group
Sunday, August 6, at 7:30 am at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden: Hiroshima commemoration; John LaForge, keynote speaker; music by Chickpea and Stringbean, Sadako and the 1000 Cranes
Tuesday, August 8 at 7 pm at the Global Harmony Labyrinth at Como Park in St. Paul: Nagasaki Commemoration (St. Paul and Nagasaki are Sister Cities); A Bowl Full of Peace, meditation, music, dance
* Please bring your own chair to these events.
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee offers these events to the community to encourage reflection on the past and hope for the future through action in the present. It calls for the total abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world as one measure of ensuring a just and lasting peace.
Support from Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27, Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and the Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committee.
Reflection on the Past. Action in the Present. Hope for the Future.
For further information:
www.stpaulnagasaki.org | MSPHNCC@gmail.com | 952.261.3891
Photo: Elizabeth Simmer Ringing the Nagasaki Bell