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Hiroshima/Nagasaki - Time of Remembrance 2011
Commemoration Events in the Twin Cities
66th Year

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. We call for the total abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world as one measure of ensuring a just and lasting peace.



Event flyer [one page PDF 300kB]


2011 Event Calendar

The 2011 commemoration events will span August 5th, 6th, and 8th.
Bring a chair or blanket for sitting for all park events. All are welcome.

Friday, August 5, 2011
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
5:30pm
Recorder Music by Arden Consort
6:00pm Commemorative Tea Ceremony by Yukimakai Tea Study Group

Saturday, August 6, 2011
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis
7:30am
Ceremony of the Cranes
Quincy Powe, speaker
KAIROS dance
Geg Herriges, music
SADAKO story
8:15am Moment of Silence for Hiroshima
10:15am Walking the Pathway to Peace - Begins at 40th & Bryant, led by Women in Black (flyer)
11:00am Ceremony of 11 Bells - Veterans for Peace

Monday, August 8, 2010
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul
7:00pm
Nagasaki Commemoration - Jay Kvale, speaker; Guests from Nagasaki

Locations:
Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Roseway Rd. just north of Lake Harriet, Minneapolis (directions)

Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul. Como Park map. Note: The labyrinth is not shown on this map but it is located off Nason Place near the south end of the "pedestrian bridge" on the map.

For further information contact JoAnn: msphncc [at] gmail.com.



Event flyer [one page PDF 300kB]



Eleven Bells - August 2010

Report on 2010 commemoration events.

Photos from 2010 commemoration events.

Photos from 2009 commemoration events.

Photos from 2008 commemoration events.

Photos from 2007 commemoration events.

This page (http://www.wilpfmn.org/hn/) updated July 16, 2011.
WILPF Minnesota Metro Branch   |   P.O. Box 14752   |   Minneapolis, MN 55414