Saturday, August 03, 2013


Massachusetts Peace Action

Remembering Hiroshima

More Hiroshima Week Events

Sunday, August 4, Watertown: Remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Build a Non-Violent World. Watertown Square. Vigil 7:15 pm; Music, Reflections, Candle Boat Launch, Charles River Dock, 8:00 pm. More info
Sunday, August 4, George's Island: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration. Meet at 10:30 am at Long Wharf North Pier. Community Church of Boston. More info
Monday, August 5, Boston: Choosing Peace. A community gathering and prayer service to clarify the call to recommit ourselves to choosing peace and building human community across all lines of potential division. Old South Church, 6pm. More info
Tuesday, August 6, Andover: Hiroshima Commemoration. Merrimack Valley People for Peace vigil, Andover Old Town Hall, 20 Main St., 7:00 pm.

August 6, 2013, 3:30 pm - Cambridge

68 years later, it’s time!
President Obama, let’s join international efforts to eliminate the danger of nuclear weapons!

Memorial Procession, Music, Talks, and Film

3:30 Gather at Cambridge City Hall, 795 Mass. Ave. Japanese dancers (invited), antiwar singer Pat Scanlon, welcome by Mayor of Cambridge, Reading of Proclamation.
4:15 Memorial Procession down Mass. Ave. via Harvard Sq. to Brattle Sq., led by the drummers of The New England Peace Pagoda.
4:45 Memorial speakers, music and meditation at Brattle Square. Brian Corr, Peace Commissioner of Cambridge; Ira Helfand, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; Pat Scanlon.
7:00 Film "Hibakusha, Our Life To Live" at Brattle Theater, followed by a panel discussion with filmmaker David Rothauser and professor Akihiko Kimijima.
This day reminds us that only through remembrance and action can we build a non-violent world free of the atrocities of nuclear weapons.

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