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From Hiroshima to Hope, online and at home
August 6, 2020
HIROSHIMA DAY OBSERVANCE
Traditionally an outdoor event at Greenlake in Seattle with music, speakers, and the beloved lantern floating ceremony – changed due to the pandemic.
From Hiroshima to Hope (FHTH) sadly announces cancellation of our in-person event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please join From Hiroshima to Hope in marking the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August with these 2 projects:
75 Years and Counting: From Hiroshima to Hope –
A Film Streaming Thursday, August 6, 2020
Featuring performances and readings by Troy Osaki, Seattle Kokon Taiko, Nikki Nojima Louis and Carletta Carrington Wilson. The film also includes interviews with hibakusha, atomic bombing survivors, and traditional koto music by Marcia Takamura, and shakuhachi flute by James Jennings, along with beautiful images of candle-lit lanterns floating on Green Lake.
Still Here
75 years after the nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the survivors and the weapons are still here. See film Aug. 6 at http://fromhiroshimatohope.org/ or http://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org
Window Peace Lanterns — Join us in creating your own lantern to display in your window August 6 – 9 2020. More here: http://fromhiroshimatohope.org/window-lanterns/
FHTH thanks our sponsors City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund, and Seattle Hiroshima Club for making these projects possible.