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FROM HIROSHIMA TO HOPE
Those who gather to retell and listen to the story of
Hiroshima and of Sadako are a community committed to a human future. We may not
know one another, but we are a community. And
we are part of a greater community gathered
throughout the world to commemorate this day,
seeking to turn Hiroshima to Hope.
If we succeed, Sadako of a thousand cranes will
be remembered by new generations. She will be
remembered long after the names and spirits of those who made and used the
bomb will have faded into the haunting sounds
of the shakuhachi (bamboo flute).
To reflect upon the atomic bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
Music ~ Poetry ~ Reflection
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Ceremony from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Magnolia LawnWestmont College950 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108(directions enclosed)
Free and open to the public
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION AND WESTMONT COLLEGE
INVITE YOU TO
THE 25TH ANNUAL SADAKO PEACE DAY
CEREMONY
N U C L E A R A G E P E A C E F O U N D A T I O NCommitted to a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
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SADAKO SASAKI Sadako Sasaki was a two-
year-old girl living in Hiroshi-ma on August 6th, 1945, the morning the atomic bomb
was dropped. Ten years lat-er, she was diagnosed with leukemia. Japanese legend
holds that one’s wish will be granted upon folding 1,000 paper (origami) cranes. Sa-dako set out to fold those
1,000 cranes, writing, “I will write peace on your wings,
and you will fly all over the world.”
Students in Japan were so moved by her story, they
began folding cranes, too. Today the paper crane is a symbol of peace. A statue of Sadako now stands in
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. And to this day, we
honor Sadako’s fervent wish for a peaceful world.
DANCE OF HIROSHIMA
With faltering stepsyou became a child,a maiden, a mother,a widow, a mourner.
You stumbled and fell,you picked yourself up, grew wings and
flew away.
I watched you dance your fear and anger,
your youth and magic.I watched you rise from the ashes, flywith the wings of a
crane and float back to Earth.
—David KriegerN U C L E A R A G E P E A C E F O U N D A T I O NCommitted to a World Free of Nuclear WeaponsI
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CEREMONYTuesday, August 6, 2019