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August 2020
Hiroshima / Nagasaki Days of Remembrance
75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings
There are 3 events (each one lasts about an hour):
Hiroshima Memorial Ceremony
Thursday August 6th - 7:30 am
at the Lake Harriet Peace Park
Nagasaki Memorial Ceremony
Saturday, August 8th - 7:00 pm
at the Global Harmony Labyrinth at Como Park
Healing Meditation for Peace
Sunday, August 9th - 10:00am
(provided by Miracles for Peace)
at the Global Harmony Labyrinth at Como Park
(August 5th Tea Ceremony will not be done this year due to social distancing issues)
Here is a detailed list of the events:
On this 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
the Minneapolis St. Paul Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee (HNCC) will hold three in-person commemoration events,
with partial recordings placed online.
In-person events, August 6, 8, and 9.
Bring a lawn chair, wear masks and observe social distancing.
Hiroshima Commemoration - Ceremony of the Cranes
Thursday, August 6 at 7:30 am
Lyndale Park Peace Garden
Music by Kathleen Olsen and Mary Preus
“100 Seconds to Midnight” speech by Jay Kvale
“Sadako and the 1000 Cranes” told by Elaine Wynne and Sage Curry Wynne
Bell ringing by Vets for Peace, Chapter 27
Moment of Silence at 8:15 am
Peace Ribbon: Minnesota
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Nagasaki Commemoration
Saturday, August 8th at 7:00 PM
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park, St. Paul
Music by Greg Herriges
Greetings from Nagasaki
“On that Summer Day”
“A Bowl Full of Peace” by Caren Stelson
Moment of Silence
Peace Ribbon: Minnesota
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Healing Meditation for Peace
Sunday, August 9th at 10:00 AM
Global Harmony Labyrinth, Como Park
Provided by Miracles for Peace
Event happens rain or shine.
Bring a chair, water, a mask, optional: a bell.
If not wearing a mask, sit 6 feet apart from others - observe social distancing.
The meditation will begin at 10:00am, plan to arrive around 9:45am.
This will be a guided healing meditation with pauses of silence for
reflection and integration.
It will first focus on releasing war trauma - we all carry traumas that we
have inherited from ancestors through our DNA, from our personal
experiences and those we have received through Collective Consciousness.
There will then be a guided healing meditation for the Souls affected
by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
The Healing Meditation ends with a Bell ringing at 11:02 am - this is an international ringing of the bells for peace promoted by Sister Cities International.
You are welcome to stay and continue to meditate or to walk the labyrinth.
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Directions to the Global Harmony Labyrinth:
From Hwy 94, Lexington exit, travel north to Estabrook, turn left;
From Hwy 36, Lexington exit, travel south to Estabrook, turn right;
then just before you reach the conservatory area, the road veers to the right and becomes Nason Place; turn into the parking lot to the right; at the other end of the parking lot there is a roundabout; take the sidewalk from the roundabout past the lily pond and go left on the second sidewalk and the labyrinth is on your right.
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Elements of both the August 6th and August 8th events, including speeches and readings, will be pre-recorded, posted on Youtube (WAMM account), and linked on the Saint Paul – Nagasaki (https:/pages/www.facebook.com/groups/spnscc/) and WAMM Facebook pages. This will allow those who are sheltering at home to enjoy the ceremonies.
SPNSCC has also been given a 15 minute slot on the HiroshimaNagasaki75 podcast titled “#StillHere: 75 Years of Shared Nuclear Legacy,” which will stream on August 6th and 9th. Our time slot will be on August 6 at 3 pm, and we will be sharing a recording of Caren Stelson reading from her new book “A Bowl Full of Peace.” The event page for this podcast can be found here: https://www.hiroshimanagasaki75.org/events
The Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Committee offers these events to the community to encourage reflection on the past and hope for the future through action in the present. It calls for the total abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world as one measure of ensuring a just and lasting peace.
Partners include the Saint Paul – Nagasaki Sister City Committee,
Women Against Military Madness, Miracles for Peace, Peace Ribbon: Minnesota, Veterans for Peace Chapter 27
Related event:
Launch of A Bowl Full of Peace by Caren Stelson at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, on August 4 at noon. Video of this event will be available through Landmark Center.
Contact: www.stpaulnaagasaki.org MSPHNCC@gmail.com 952.261.3891
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September 11, 2020
Healing Terrorism
Details TBA if Social Distancing Issues are Resolved
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2020
Healing the Holocaust
Location and Date TBA
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