Public Invited to Hiroshima Day Peace Lantern Ceremony

Published on: 2016/08/05 - in Releases

On Saturday August 6th, 2016 the Kingston Hiroshima Day Coalition marks the 71st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a family-oriented gathering and peace lantern ceremony in McBurney Park (at Clergy & Ordnance in downtown Kingston).

Widely known as the first time nuclear weapons were turned on a large civilian population, August 6th and 9th 1945 are remembered and mourned worldwide.

In Kingston, Hiroshima Day ceremonies have been held for more than 30 years.

Commonly expecting around 100 in attendance, the ceremony features crafts, origami, live music, immersive slideshows, storytelling and the lighting and floating of peace lanterns at dusk. This year also features a brief interview with Julie Salverson, a drama professor at Queen’s whose research and writing focuses on the atomic age.

Additionally, local non-profit PeaceQuest will be leading an inter-faith peace walk from City Park to the ceremony site, a part of the event in which the Kingston Stilters will participate.

“It’s a beautiful multigenerational evening, bringing together crafts, music, storytelling, and the floating of lanterns in a pool, all in remembrance of the tragedy so many years ago,” says Wendy Luella Perkins, an event organizer.

The interfaith peace walk is open to those of all faiths and philosophies. To join in, meet in City Park at the corner of Barrie & Bagot Street for a 6:00pm departure to the ceremony. At 6:30pm there will be a drumming circle in McBurney Park, after which the ceremony will start at 7:00pm.

Take a look at this video from a past McBurney Park Hiroshima Day Peace Lantern Ceremony here in Kingston.

[Watch on Youtube]

Find out more at: www.hiroshimadaykingston.ca or on Facebook at: Hiroshima Day Peace Lantern Ceremony.


Release source: PeaceQuest.ca | Photo: HiroshimaDayKingston.ca

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