80th Anniversary of the US Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Wed. Morning, August 6, 2025 • 7-8:30 A.M.
Peace & Justice Plaza (179 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill)
The public is invited to take part in this solemn remembrance of the bombing of Hiroshima and the lives lost in Japan. With the ongoing and growing present-day threat of nuclear war, we can act to create a future free from nuclear weapons for our children and all future generations.
Sponsoring Organizations: Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Triangle Branch, with support from Eisenhower Chapter 157 Veterans For Peace, NC Peace Action, and Triangle NC Raging Grannies
For further reading:
https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings
https://worldbeyondwar.org/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-anniversaries
https://www.icanw.org/ican_launches_memorial_to_children_killed_in_hiroshima_and_nagasaki
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/african-americans-against-the-bomb/
Norman Cousins, Modern Man is Obsolete, SR, Aug 1945 – Oft-cited editorial in Saturday Review in reaction to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: