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FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE: LANTERN FLOATING PEACE CEREMONY
Date/Time
August 6 (Wednesday),
6:30-9:30 pm
Location
Greenlake, just south of the Seattle Public Theater (formerly Bathhouse Theater) on Green Lake’s northwest shore.
Sponsored by
2008 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Committee
From Hiroshima to Hope, is Seattle’s annual peace event honoring the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war and violence.This year’s ceremony commemorates the 63rd anniversary of the bombings. The Seattle event has grown to the largest anywhere outside of Japan and more than a thousand attendees are expected again this year.
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FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE
LANTERN FLOATING PEACE CEREMONY AT GREEN LAKE AUGUST 6
Seattle- From Hiroshima to Hope, Seattle’s annual peace event honoring the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war and violence, takes place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m on Wednesday, August 6 at Green Lake. The ceremony will be held just south of the Seattle Public Theater (formerly Bathhouse Theater) on Green Lake’s northwest shore.
Pre-event activities begin at 6:30 PM and include lantern calligraphy and folding of peace cranes. At 7:30 p.m. a program of musical performances and speakers will commence. The candle-lit lanterns are floated on the lake at dusk. This year’s ceremony commemorates the 63rd anniversary of the bombings.
From Hiroshima to Hope has been created by local peace, faith and community organizations every August 6th since the mid 1980s. Sponsors include Wing Luke Asian Museum, Peace Action of Washington, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the United Nations Association, WA Chapter. The Seattle event has grown to the largest anywhere outside of Japan and more than a thousand attendees are expected again this year.
Contact: Fred Miller, Peace Action of WA
425-774-5701, Daytime; freefred@drizzle.com
Nancy Dickeman, WA Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR)
206-354-2170 – cell; nancyd@wpsr.org
Idil Levitas – WPSR – 206-547-2630; idill@wpsr.org
Seattle’s Bathhouse Theater is located at 7312 West Green Lake Drive North. Metro bus routes #16, #48, #358. For more information, please call 425-868-0285.
Website for more info:
http://www.hiroshimatohope.org
Contact Person:
Fred Miller
Contact Email:
freefred@drizzle.com
Contact Ph. Number:
425-774-5701
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