Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration Events
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will be holding their 79th 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
Monday, August 5 at 6:30 pm at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis
Commemorative Tea Ceremony on the lawn
Tuesday, August 6 at 7:30 am at the Lyndale Park Peace Garden
Ceremony of the Cranes: Remembering Hiroshima keynote speaker: Joel Weisberg, Carleton College
Story of Sadako and 1000 Cranes
Minnesota Peace Ribbon
Veterans for Peace bell ringers
Music by Stringbeans
Thursday, August 8 at 7 pm at the Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul
Caren Stelson reads A BOWL FULL OF PEACE
Meditation led by Nancy Hyvarinen
Music by CharBara
Guests from Nagasaki
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)
Greetings from Nagasaki and St. Paul City Halls
A Bowl Full of Peace reading by Caren Stelson
Walking the labyrinth
Music by CharBara
* Please bring your own chair to these events.
Here is a link to a PDF flyer for the event.
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