WILPF Minnesota Metro Branch

2009
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Events
in the Twin Cities

The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee, an all-volunteer group, 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.

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2009 Event Calendar

The 2009 commemoration events will span August 5^th, 6^th, and 9^th. All are welcome.
For more information contact JoAnn at msphncc [at] gmail.com.

Bring a chair or blanket for sitting for all events except the bandshell concert.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Location: Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Roseway Rd. just north of Lake Harriet, Minneapolis (directions)

5:30 p.m. Recorder music by Ardent Consort welcomes people to the garden.
6:00 p.m. Commemorative Tea Ceremony.

Thursday, August 6, 2009
Location (unless otherwise noted): Spirit of Peace Statue, Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Roseway Rd. just north of Lake Harriet, Minneapolis (directions)

7:30 a.m. Hiroshima Commemoration: Ceremony of the Cranes. Keynote: Roger Hale, chair of Ploughshares Fund and former CEO of Tennant Corporation, on "Retiring Nuclear Weapons." 8:15 a.m Moment of silence.
8:30 a.m. All-day Vigil in Peace Garden.
11:00 a.m. Ceremony of Eleven Bells and discussion with Arjun Makhijani. Veterans for Peace and Women in Black will recreate the joy following the end of World War I, considered so horrible that it must be the "War to End All Wars." Dr. Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, will speak on the dangers of perpetuating a nuclear culture worldwide, a horror that was inconceivable when World War I ended.
7:30 p.m. at the Lake Harriet Bandshell: Concert for Peace featuring Barbara McAfee and KAIROS Dance

Sunday, August 9, 2009
Location: 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.

10:30 a.m. Nagasaki Commemoration at Global Harmony Labyrinth. Music by MuMin women's chorus.
11:02 a.m. Moment of silence followed by Labyrinth walk

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

Event flyer [one page PDF 300kB] Press release [one page PDF 100kB]

2009Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Eventsin the Twin Cities

2009 Event Calendar

2009
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Events
in the Twin Cities