Vigil/Protest

Seventh Annual Bay Area Peace Lantern Ceremony Saturday, August 9 (the 63rd anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing), 6:30-9 p.m. at Aquatic Park, Berkeley.

Because various factors have delayed the organizing for this year's ceremony, it'll be more informal and simpler. But it's always a delightful event.

This year, we're asking all participants to take a bit more active role in making the event happen. This means the following:

Des Moines WILPF, with cosponsorship of AFSC, Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines Area Religious Council, Des Moines Area Ecumenical Peace Committee, Iowa Peace Network and Stop the Arms Race*Political Action Committee, held our annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki observance at the Japanese Bell on the capitol grounds on Fri., Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m.

The program included singing, a reminder that this

Join us on the 63th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, as we stand for a Nuclear Free Future. We will hold posters, distribute information and have petitions to have August 6 declared Nuclear Disarmament Day (an initiative of Burlington, Vt., WILPF).

Annual Nagasaki-Hiroshima Commemoration and Lantern Float:
Holmes Lake Park in Lincoln, Saturday, August 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

For further information, contact Paul A. Olson at 475-1318

Seventh Annual Bay Area

Saturday, August 9, 2008
63rd Anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing

North end of Aquatic Park, Berkeley
(near the pedestrian footbridge over I-580)
http://www.progressiveportal.org/lanterns

Dedicated to the memory of
Berkeley City Council Member Dona Spring

See below for RSVP instructions and what to bring

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Join us for a program and vigil commemorating the 63rd Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Veterans for Peace will set up a mini-Arlington West beginning at 4 p.m.; Buddhist Peace Mediatation at 6 p.m.  Program begins at 6:30 p.m.

Speakers include David Miller, Network of Spiritual Progressives; Dave Patterson, Veterans for Peace; Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Center of San Diego; Poetry by Jim Moreno; Shakuhachi music by Bruce Jones.  Program will be followed by a Candlelight Procession along the Embarcadero.

A simple memorial on the exact 63rd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. There will be reading of eyewitness accounts and poetry by survivors. a discussion of the decision to drop the second atomic bomb in light of recent scholarship, songs, prayers and a procession to the river where we will float flowers down the Taunton River in remembrance of the victims.

For immediate release: July 9 – August 9, 2008

PSA: Hiroshima- Nagasaki Remembrance Day

Peace Lantern Ceremony at Lovers’ Point, Pacific Grove

Fourth annual Lovers’ Point Peace Lantern Ceremony will be

held on Saturday, August 9th, from 7 – 9 PM, sponsored by the

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the

Monterey Peace and Justice Center.

This beautiful, moving tradition honors those who died and those

who survived [the Hibakusha] the atomic bombings in 1944 .

The ceremony also reaffirms our commitment to total abolition

Weekly Vigils Against the War are held every Saturday, 12:00 n to 1:00 pm.