The annual observance of the anniversaries of the US dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (65 years) is rapidly approaching. The Justice Office plans to attend some of the events scheduled for St. Paul and Minneapolis.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.
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
Thursday August 5th
5:30 p.m. Recorder music by Arden Consort
6:00 p.m. Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Friday, August 6th
7:30 a.m. Ceremony of Cranes
Thursday August 5th
5:30 p.m. Recorder music by Arden Consort
6:00 p.m. Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Friday, August 6th
7:30 a.m. Ceremony of Cranes
Don Fraser, former Minneapolis mayor, speaker
8:15 a.m. Moment of silence for Hiroshima
8:30 a.m. All day vigil
11:00 a.m. Ceremony of the Bells
Veteran's for Peace ; Women in Black, guests from Nagasaki
8:15 a.m. Moment of silence for Hiroshima
8:30 a.m. All day vigil
11:00 a.m. Ceremony of the Bells
Veteran's for Peace ; Women in Black, guests from Nagasaki
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, Saint Paul
Sunday, August 8th
7:00 p.m. Nagasaki Commemoration featuring music by the Junshin singers
Sunday, August 8th
7:00 p.m. Nagasaki Commemoration featuring music by the Junshin singers
and dance by KAIROS
