Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Day & Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony

The Public is invited to gather at Lovers Point Cove in Pacific Grove, Saturday evening, August 6, 2022, to remember and honor those who suffered and still suffer, from the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan, on August 6th and 9th, 1945. This annual vigil reaffirms the imperative for global nuclear abolition and prohibition so that such a tragedy is never repeated. This free event will be respectful, inclusive, and free of cultural appropriation.

Program: 

Emcee: Beverly Bean, WILPF Chair.  Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Sharat G. Lin.  Writer and lecturer on global political economy, labor migration, social movements, and public health. His insights on the nuclear calculations of Iran and North Korea are reinforced by personal visits to these countries, and provide a vision for denuclearization.

7:00 pm: Lantern making and performance of Monterey’s Taiko Drumming group, Shinsho-Mugen Daiko.

7:45 pm: Music, poetry, and brief stories and messages of hope and peace.

8:15 pm: Launching of the peace lanterns. Shakuhachi flute Master Jim Scott-Behrends will play meditative music as the lanterns float on the cove waters, pulled by kayaks.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/387860520077949/

Sponsored by WILPF Monterey County Branch in collaboration with the Peace Coalition of Monterey County (PCMC), Monterey Peninsula Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and Veterans For Peace, Chapter 46.