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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.
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.
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