6:00 pm - Wednesday, August 6

Hiroshima / Nagasaki Day Commemoration

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Every year millions of people around the world commemorate the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These commemorations not only honor those who lost their lives, but are a powerful statement of working together to ensure that such a tragedy never happens again.

Commemorative Program and Candlelight Vigil, 6:30 to 8 p. m., in front of the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum on Harbor Drive (one block south of Broadway).

Speakers include David Miller, Network of Spiritual Progressives; Dave Patterson, San Diego Veterans for Peace; Sara Haldeman-Scarr, San Diego First Church of the Brethren; Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Center; and poetry by Jim Moreno.

Related/support events at the same location:

4:00 PM
San Diego Veterans for Peace will set up a mini-Arlington West. Volunteers needed.

6-6:30 PM
Buddhist Peace Mediation.

6-6:30 PM
Bannering on Harbor Drive.

Location: U.S.S Midway (in front of the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum)

For more information:
Phone: 619-263-9301
or
Visit: prcsd.org & activistsandiego.org
or
Email:

For more information about Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki see: wikipedia.org/Hiroshima_nagasaki