Lantern floating ceremony to mark the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. This is a free event with campaign stalls, live music and refreshments.
Tavistock Peace Action Group will have a stall in Bedford Square, Tavistock, Devon, to commemorate victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing.
The evening will be chaired by Dr Frank Boulton, with a short speech from Cllr Steven Barnes-Andrews, previous mayor of Southampton, then followed by a speech by Kate Hudson, national secretary of CND
This event has been held every year for forty years and is part of the official programme of the International Folk Week.
Annual floating lantern ceremony at the Peace Pagoda
The commemoration will take place at 8pm with readings and floating petals on the pond.
Bring food and drink to share. Children welcome to join in making peace cranes. There will be poetry, songs and music.
Annual event.
The Mayor of Hastings and Mayor for Peace (worldwide network initiated by the Mayor of Hiroshima), Councillor Nigel Sinden, will open the evening event just before sunset.
There will be vigils and readings outside the Rolls Royce plant.
Crawley CND stall in Queens Square, Crawley town centre.
All are welcome to meet at the Bandstand for readings, a period of silent reflection and the dropping of flowers on the river. Bring white flowers if you wish.
Cambridge CND to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima.
Join Bolton CND/Stop the War for a silent vigil in memory of those who suffered and died in the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima.
10.45 for 1 minute’s silence at 11o’clock, followed by laying of wreath of white flowers by Cllr. Peter Brennan, Lord Mayor of L’pool.
With music, verse and tributes
Meet by the commemorative cherry tree in Victoria Park to remember the victims of the nuclear bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Hiroshima Day Commemoration at Carshalton Ponds
Wimbledon Disarmament Coalition/CND Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration picnic, 3 pm, by our Hiroshima cherry tree, in Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon common.
Hiroshima Day candle float on Lake Rushmere, Wimbledon Common. There will be a short ceremony with songs and poems.
There will be several days of direct action in central London, which will incorporate the annual international fast, to mark the anniversaries.
