From 6:30 PM
At Watertown Square and Dock
NEVER AGAIN – NO MORE HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI! NO MORE VICTIMS - ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
“Why do we stand in silence and float candle boats”? To remember -
*The more than 210,000 killed, and the many more injured, by the U.S. nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945.
*That the danger of nuclear war is ever present and growing daily, and that without a powerful grassroots movement dedicated to abolition of nuclear weapons,the unthinkable - another Hiroshima or Nagasaki - is possible.
6:30 PM – Silent Vigil in Watertown Square
7:30 PM Music /Testimonials and Reflections at the Dock
Suzy Giroux, Singer, Songwriter, and Activist
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Flutist, WCPJE President
Ray Matsumiya, Executive Director, Oleander Initiative and Grandson of a Hiroshima bombing victim
Tod Gross and Jeanne Trubek, WCPJE Nuclear Disarmament Committee
All participants are encouraged to share reflections
8:30 PM – Floating of the Candle Boats
Sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment (WCPJE)
We appreciate the support of NE American Friends Service Committee and Massachusetts Peace Action.
For a listing of other activities remembering the events of August 6 and 9, visit Massachusetts Peace Action at www.masspeaceaction.org
Alternate Location in the Event of Rain: First Parish Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown
PLEASE NOTE: If you would like to make a sign, please come at 6:00 PM to Watertown Square. We will provide the materials!