Watertown Group Remembering 80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

The following announcement was provided by Watertown Citizens for Peace Justice and the Environment:

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing

Saturday, August 9, 2025

7:00 PM – Silent Vigil, Music, Testimonials – Watertown Square

8:15 PM – Floating of the Candle Boats – MDCR Dock

Speakers: Owen Madus, Massachusetts Peace Action and Sensei Morris Sullivan, Buddhist Monk

Musicians: Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin and Suzy Giroux

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 the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945.

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