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SUMMARY:Hiroshima & Nagasaki Atomic Bombings 80th Anniversary Civic Commemorative Event
DESCRIPTION:11.30am Official welcome and introductions \n11.35am Why are we here today? Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki 80 years on \n11.40am Readings – the importance of the gingko tree to the people of Hiroshima and Manchester \n12.00pm Observance of a Minute’s Silence for all innocent civilian victims of conflict \n12.01pm Mayors for Peace Joint Appeal led by the Mayors of Hiroshima\, Nagasaki and Manchester \n12.05pm Readings – Hiroshima by Agyega August 6th by Sankichi Tōge Let Us Be Midwives by Sadako Kurihara Let There Be Peace by Lemn Sissay \n12.20pm The UN Peace Affirmation \n12.30pm Conclusion – please feel free to look at the Hiroshima Peace exhibition in the Living Worlds Gallery and other parts of Manchester Museum – European Museum of the Year 2025 \nThere is lift access to the top floor for those that need to use them. Please ask at the main reception for directions to the lifts and the Foyle Education Suite Classroom.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bombings-80th-anniversary-civic-commemorative-event/
LOCATION:University of Manchester\, Foyle Education Classroom\, Top Floor\, Level 3\, Manchester Museum\, University of Manchester\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M13 9PL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Hiroshima 80th Anniversary Manchester Peace Walk
DESCRIPTION:On the 80th anniversary of the first use of atom bombs\, a guided walk around the \nManchester City Centre Peace Trail \nWednesday 6 August at 1.30 (Hiroshima Day) \nThe walk\, which is open to all and wheelchair accessible\, covers sites connected with the growth of Manchester as the world’s first industrial city and its importance as a centre for peace and radical political activity\, and includes \n\nJohn Dalton\, the “nuclear timeline”\, the Peace Garden\, MAG (Mines Advisory Group) and the Nobel Peace Prize\nThe Free Trade Hall\, suffragists and suffragettes to the Sex Pistols\nPeterloo and the popular reform movement\nGandhi\, Abraham Lincoln and the campaigns against the slave trade and chattel slavery\nThe Hidden Gem and religious tolerance\, free thinking and science\n\nThe 1½ hour circular walk starts in front of Central Library\, St Peter’s Square\, M2 5PD. Presented by Greater Manchester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). \nBooking on Eventbrite: £10.00 \nAll participants are invited to attend Manchester’s civic commemoration of Hiroshima Day at Manchester Museum at 11.30 – 12.30 on August 6th.
URL:https://gmdcnd.org/event/hiroshima-80th-anniversary-manchester-peace-walk/
LOCATION:Central Manchester Library\, St Peter’s Square\, Manchester\, M2 5PD\, United Kingdom
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