Hiroshima Commemoration – Ceremony of the Cranes
Lyndale Park Peace Garden Minneapolis, MN, United StatesKeynote speaker John LaForge, readings and paper crane ceremony followed by music and bell ringing.
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38th Annual Rogue Valley Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance
Entrance of Lithia Park Winburn Way, Ashland, OR, United StatesPeace House and our partners will hold a Vigil of Remembrance at the entrance to Lithia Park to mark the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945.
Sacred Heart Parish Observance of the 78th Anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
Sacred Heart Church 1739 Ferry Ave., Camden, NJ, United StatesJoin Sacred Heart Peace Community for an observance with song and prayer.
13th annual Bon-Odori Dance Festival for Peace
Kingston Point Beach 53 Delaware Avenue, Kingston, NY, United StatesPlease join New Jersey Peace Action to mark the 78th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. There will be dancing, music, speakers, a candlelit vigil and prayers.
Hiroshima Day Concert with the Mighty String Demons
Unitarian Church of Staten Island 312 Fillmore St, , NY, Staten Island, NY, United StatesYoung Staten Island violinists The Mighty String Demons, whose members are currently aged 8 to 17, will use music and the story of Sadako to offer a message of world peace in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Never Again! Imagine a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Salem Riverfront Park, North Meadow Riverfront Park, Salem, OR, United StatesLearn about the U.N. Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, sign letters urging U.S. Reps to support the Treaty, take home a peace crane!
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Merrimack River 15 Loudon Rd, Concord, NH, United StatesPlease join New Hampshire Peace Action to remember the needless mass murder which took place in Japan in 1945 and to rededicate ourselves to working for a more peaceful and just future for all.
Lanterns for Peace Annual Commemoration of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Lincoln Park 1301 W Hampton Ave, Glendale, WI, United StatesJoin Peace Action WI for Japanese lantern making, a reading of “Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes”, live music, a tribute to the late Daniel Ellsberg, and the story of the Golden Rule.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance
Loose Park Pond 5200 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO, United StatesPSR Kansas City and Peaceworks KC invite you to honor past and present victims of American imperialist bombing in WWII.
Lanterns for Peace 2023
Tenney Park 1414 E. Johnson St., Madison, WI, United StatesJoin PSR Wisconsin for this family friendly event to commemorate the lives lost in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Candles on the Water
Market Square Presbyterian Church 20 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg, PA, United StatesThis event to honor the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings will include music, prayer, and a keynote address by Dr. John Reuwer, followed by floating of lantern boats at sunset.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Peace Witness at Pentagon
Pentagon Protest Zone U.S. Pentagon, Arlington, VA, United StatesDorothy Day Catholic Worker invites you to attend a prayer vigil and witness outside the Pentagon commemorating the 78th anniversary of the sinful and criminal U.S. nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
African Americans Against the Bomb
Bridgewater Public Library 15 South Street, Bridgewater, MA, United StatesYou are invited to a presentation and conversation with Vincent Intondi, author of ‘African Americans Against the Bomb: Nuclear Weapons, Colonialism, and the Black Freedom Movement’.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Vigil
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, United StatesJoin the Nuclear Resister and Veterans For Peace for a vigil in remembrance of the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Peace Gathering to Commemorate the 78th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japanese Consulate 299 Park Ave, New York, NY, United StatesGather outside the Japanese Consulate to honor the memory of those who lost their lives to the atomic bombings.
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