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Hiroshima Day Commemoration : Aug 6th, 2009

Created by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. (See other events)
  • Aug 6, 2009 at 11:30am to Aug 10, 2009 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Gathering at Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, 91A Fourth Ave. in the Glebe, just east of Bank Street
  • Latest Activity: Jul 19, 2021

You are cordially invited to a reflective commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings of August, 1945 and a protest against nuclear weapons. Thursday, August 6th from 6:30 PM to 9:00PM Gathering at Friends (Quaker) Meeting House, 91A Fourth Ave. in the Glebe, just east of Bank Street Programme: The evening begins with the making of the floating lanterns at 6:30PM The formal program will follow at 7:30, with singing, the interview with Hiroshima survivor, Kouchi Matsumoto, and remarks by Clive Doucet, City Councillor, and Paul Dewar, MP The vigil walk, with singing and hand-held lanterns, to Brown’s Inlet, West of Bank Street and the Queen Elizabeth Drive will begin at 8:15 At 8:30 there will be brief remarks by a representative of the Japanese community The lanterns will be set afloat at 8:40 The floating of the commemorative lanterns is a symbolic act which has become an Ottawa and international tradition associated with Hiroshima Day. Everyone is welcome Please circulate this invitation to family, friends, colleagues and members of groups with which you are associated.
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