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Hiroshima / Nagasaki Peace Commemorations and Lantern Ceremony


August 09, 2008


Toronto remembers the citizens of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
Speakers to include ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Physicians for Global Survival, and the Canadian Department of Peace Initiative.
Performances to include Japanese drummers, the Raging Grannies, flautist Debbie Danbrook, and the silent story performance of ³Sadako², the young Japanese girl who survived the Hiroshima a-bombing when she was only two-years-old.
The reflecting Lantern Ceremony concludes the evening with hundreds of paper lanterns launched into the pool at Nathan Phillips Square.

Time: 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Toronto Peace Garden, Nathan Phillips Square
Location: City Hall Toronto, ON
Categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

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