Hiroshima/Nagasaki Day Events

Brandon

On Friday August 6th Brandon and District Labour Council and the Brandon Family YMCA will will hold Brandon's Third Annual Japanese Lantern Ceremony for World Peace. This is a special ceremony because it is the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Everybody is welcome to come and make a lantern to be floated at sunset on the water in memory of those who have died as a result of war and to affirm our commitment to building a peaceful future. (All supplies for making a lantern will be provided.)

Hear speakers and a message of Peace from the Mayor of Hiroshima
The ceremony will be held:

Friday August 6th at the Keystone YMCA Pool on 13th Street in Brandon
7:30 to 9:30 PM
Please bring a lawn chair.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to call Colleen Seymour, organizer at 728-7701 or email at cseymour@mts.net.

Calgary

Memorial In Calgary Regarding Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

August 8th, begins at 6p.m.

Location: The 3rd floor of Calgary Area Outdoor Council, 1111 Memorial Drive N.W. Wheelchair access available. (About a 10 minute walk from Sunnyside train station.)

There will be: an introductory speech (maximum 8 minutes long), an hour long movie named Original Child Bomb (the DVD is already at a house in Calgary and it works so the movie will be ready for the memorial), an indoor lantern ceremony and candle ceremony with non-flammable glow cubes instead of real lanterns and instead of real candles, to remind us of the real lantern ceremony in Hiroshima and real candles in Nagasaki, and a discussion. There will be 5-10 minutes of anti-war music.

Toronto

August 6th, 2010 - Toronto Peace Garden - Nathan Phillips Square Say Goodbye to our Peace Garden... Last event to be held at the Garden in its current location before being decommissioned on August 7th. (Scheduled to be rebuilt in 2012.)

Donations - We Need Your Help. Visit Online: www.hiroshimadaycoalition.ca

For further info, contact Helen Chilas, 416-473-8238, h-chilas-at-rogers.com

Victoria

Hiroshima-Nagasaki remembered:
The annual lantern ceremony, marking the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan

Friday August 6th
7:30 pm
Craigflower Park I Kosapsom at Admiral's Road and Gorge Road West Saanich

Lantern making starts at 7:30 pm, with words and songs of peace at 8:00 pm, followed by floating the lanterns in the Gorge.
All welcome.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Free - (Bring a blanket &Ior chair to sit on.) Sponsored by the Victoria Raging Grannies, Victoria Peace Coalition, Physicians for Global Survival, Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society.
Call Rosa 250-665-7788

Winnipeg

Lanterns for Peace
A commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6, 2010, Memorial Park
7:30 p.m. Lantern making (materials provided)
8:30 p.m. Welcoming remarks
Speech from the Mayor of Hiroshima
The Story of Sadako
The Lantern Ceremony
9 p.m. Launch of Lanterns

Organized by Project Peacemakers Peace Alliance Winnipeg Manitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens Association
For more information call Project Peacemakers at 775-8178

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