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In August, the Victoria Peace Centre participated with peace, religious and social justice groups in commemorating the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fifty years ago, the atomic bomb was dropped, for the first time, on these cities ushering devastation, hundreds of thousands dead immediately, contamination of the region, and permanent genetic damage. Death, sickness, and physical defects are still occurring in the descendants of the survivors.
On August 5th and 6th a display at Hillside Mall showed large photographs of the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima. There were also supplies for children to make paper lanterns.
A Japanese film showing nuclear bomb testing in four regions of the world: Japan, United States, Russia, and the South Pacific was shown on Nagasaki Day. The film is available in our library at the United Nations Association office at #217, 620 View Street. That evening a commemoration ceremony was held at dusk at the Yacht pond on Dallas Road where paper lanterns floated in the pond.
We hope that these days of commemoration will have helped our community to remember the atrocities of war, particularly nuclear war, and to pledge their determination not to let it happen again and to work for a world of peace.
Sponsoring groups were: Victoria Peace Centre, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms,South Pacific Peoples Foundation, World Federalists, Religious Society of Friends, Voice of Women, Conscience Canada, the Physicians for Global Survival, and the Raging Grannies
Freda Knott is a Director of the Victoria Peace Centre and a Raging Granny.
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