Every year on August 6, the City of Hiroshima holds a Peace Memorial Ceremony to pray for the peaceful repose of the victims, for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and for lasting world peace. During that ceremony, the Mayor issues … Continue reading →
Video of event in Coventry Cathedral on 6 August 2021 to Commemorate the 76 anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Organised by Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. Featuring Councillor John McNicholas Lord Mayor of Coventry … Continue reading →
Most of the following videos have a short advertisement at the beginning. Keeping the stories of Hiroshima alive 75 years after bombing by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 6 Aug 2020, 4m:27s Seventy-five years after the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, … Continue reading →
The annual Hiroshima Commemoration organised by Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation was special in 2020 for several reasons, not least of which was that the normally large audience was restricted because of social distancing measures. However the … Continue reading →
Today, 6 August 2020, is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first nuclear bomb which devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands. Ethical, legal and military controversies still surround this and the bombing of Nagasaki three days later. … Continue reading →
Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the Americans dropped the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. It exploded about a mile from her home in Hiroshima and she was blown out of the window by the blast. As the … Continue reading →
The 6th and the 9th of August (anniversaries of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) are great opportunities to do some peace education. 2020 is especially significant as this year marks the 75th anniversaries. CND have produced an online exhibition, … Continue reading →
Every year on August 6, the City of Hiroshima holds a Peace Memorial Ceremony to pray for the peaceful repose of the victims, for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and for lasting world peace. During that ceremony, the Mayor issues … Continue reading →
This Reflection was delivered by Paul Parker, Recording Clerk of Quakers in Britain at the end of the Hiroshima Day Service in Coventry Cathedral on 6 August 2019. Jesus said: “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. … Continue reading →
On 6 August 2019, Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation organised a stimulating, thought-provoking and moving annual Commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima. A memorial has been held in Coventry for Hiroshima Day every year since 1987. The two … Continue reading →