How is Hiroshima marking the anniversary of August 6, 1945, the day that the atomic bomb was dropped?
Japanese-American children will be giving out handmade origami cranes, traditional symbol of peace, Wednesday, during the 63rd commemoration of Hiroshima Day in Manhasset. Hiroshima Day, observed in many parts of the world with peace vigils and marches, commemorates the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. An observance sponsored by the Great Neck SANE / Peace Action, the Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and other peace activist groups will call for an end to the war in Iraq and peace with Iran. Speakers scheduled for the program at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock include Assemb. Michelle Schimel, Rabbi Devora Marcus of Temple Beth El of Great Neck and the Rev. Mark Lukens of Bethany Congregational Church, East Rockaway. Jon Kaiman, supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead, is listed as co-chair with Stanley Romaine, president of Great Neck SANE. The program will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the congregation at 48 She
On August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was hit by an atomic bomb that devastated the city, killing over 140,000 people. 64 years later on this anniversary the mayor of Hiroshima is calling for an abolishment of nuclear weapons. He said he agreed with a statement that Obama made that we have a “moral responsibility” to act and to eventually get rid of all weapons.
Japanese-American children will be giving out handmade origami cranes, traditional symbol of peace, Wednesday, during the 63rd commemoration of Hiroshima Day in Manhasset. Hiroshima Day, observed in many parts of the world with peace vigils and marches, commemorates the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. An observance sponsored by the Great Neck SANE / Peace Action, the Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives and other peace activist groups will call for an end to the war in Iraq and peace with Iran. Speakers scheduled for the program at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock include Assemb. Michelle Schimel, Rabbi Devora Marcus of Temple Beth El of Great Neck and the Rev. Mark Lukens of Bethany Congregational Church, East Rockaway. Jon Kaiman, supervisor of the Town of North Hempstead, is listed as co-chair with Stanley Romaine, president of Great Neck SANE. The program will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the congregation at 48 She
On August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was hit by an atomic bomb that devastated the city, killing over 140,000 people. 64 years later on this anniversary the mayor of Hiroshima is calling for an abolishment of nuclear weapons. He said he agreed with a statement that Obama made that we have a “moral responsibility” to act and to eventually get rid of all weapons. The Hiroshima mayor stated: “We refer to ourselves, the great global majority, as the ‘Obamajority,’ and we call on the rest of the world to join forces with us to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2020,” Sources: http://www.google.
