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TONIGHT @ 7PM
AT THE ZILKER PARK PEACE GROVE
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBINGS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
Guest speaker Dr. Satoru Konishi, who witnessed first-hand the destruction of Hiroshima in 1945.
The ceremony is free, live music, paper cranes, and ending with a candle floating ceremony.
Be there.
EDIT//: it was so extremely worth it. Actually hearing Konishi talk was one of the most chilling experiences of my life and it was horrible to hear what the aftermath of the blast was actually like. I think my sister and I mustve smuggled about ten paper peace cranes out with us. But what really got to me was the ending, the candle floating ceremony. Hundreds of white paper bags with teacandles nestled inside them were eased into the water; it was just so symbolic, like little vessels of shining hope in the midst of a world full of darkness. Okay I'll stop being cheesy now.
EDIT//: oh god, rush limbaugh;
"There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons... use them."
Idiot.
AT THE ZILKER PARK PEACE GROVE
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBINGS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
Guest speaker Dr. Satoru Konishi, who witnessed first-hand the destruction of Hiroshima in 1945.
The ceremony is free, live music, paper cranes, and ending with a candle floating ceremony.
Be there.
EDIT//: it was so extremely worth it. Actually hearing Konishi talk was one of the most chilling experiences of my life and it was horrible to hear what the aftermath of the blast was actually like. I think my sister and I mustve smuggled about ten paper peace cranes out with us. But what really got to me was the ending, the candle floating ceremony. Hundreds of white paper bags with teacandles nestled inside them were eased into the water; it was just so symbolic, like little vessels of shining hope in the midst of a world full of darkness. Okay I'll stop being cheesy now.
EDIT//: oh god, rush limbaugh;
"There is only one way to get rid of nuclear weapons... use them."
Idiot.