Hiroshima & Nagasaki Commemoration Events
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee will be holding their 81st 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
Wednesday, August 5th
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
Lake Harriet
Minneapolis
6:30 p.m. — Commemorative Tea Ceremony
Yukimakai Tea Study Group performs the tea ceremony as a way to center ourselves.
Meditative ceremony lasting less than an hour.
Thursday, August 6th
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
Lake Harriet
Minneapolis
7:30 a.m. — Hiroshima Commemoration
(Ceremony of the Cranes)
"Sadako and the 1000 Cranes" told by Nicholas Pawlowski
Keynote by Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer
Peace Ribbon
Ringing of 11 Bells
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 27
Moment of Silence at 8:15
Music by Stringbeans
Saturday, August 8th
Global Harmony Labyrinth in Como Park
St. Paul
(Sister City of Nagasaki)
7:00 p.m. — Nagasaki Commemoration
Greetings from Mayor Suzuki of Nagasaki and Mayor Her of St. Paul
Butoh performance by Masanari Kawahara
(a Japanese dance form that emerged after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)
Meditation by Nancy Hyvarinen
Peace Ribbon
Walking the Labyrinth
Shakuhachi flute by Leo Hansen
Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to each 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 AT gmail DOT com | 952.261.3891
Photo: Elizabeth Simmer Ringing the Nagasaki Bell
