August 5th marks the 65th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Universal Peace Day is a commemorative global event established 26 years ago to transform a remembrance of horror into a re-dedication to life and peace.

If you can’t come to the NYC event, we invite you to join me in remembering by creating it wherever you are:

— Light a candle

— Meditate

— Pray

Join in A Peal for Peace Bell Ringing Project: http://bit.ly/upday

Please invite your churches and temples to participate and let us know what is happening where you are at: univpeaceday@aol.com

Below is a full schedule of events.

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Free Peace events from Aug 5-8 in NYC.

For more details, go to www.universalpeaceday.com

Free Events: Thursday, August 5 to August 8

Peace Concert with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary

Thursday, August 5

6:30 PM NEW YORK BUDDHIST CHURCH – 331 Riverside Dr. @ 105 St.

Commemorative Ceremony with Music, Poetry, at 7:15PM Candle Lighting & Bell Ceremony (at moment of bombing) followed by Silent Peace Walk down Riverside Drive to:

8:00 PM Church Of ST. Paul & ST. Andrew – 263 W. 86 St. @ West End Ave.

Interfaith Service, Keynote Speaker, UN Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury, Hiroshima survivor, Koji Kobayashi, performances by Shinji Harada, Masayo Ishigure, Ichi Fuji-Kai Japanese Dancers, Russell Daisey and more

Friday, August 6

7:00 PM New York Buddhist Church – 331 Riverside Dr. @ 105 St.

Free Film: Nuclear Tipping Point narrated by Michael Douglas includes interviews with Mikhail Gorbachev, George Shultz, Henry Kissinger and Senator Sam Nunn. Discussion with survivor Koji Kobayashi

Saturday, August 7

7:00 PM New York Buddhist Church – 331 Riverside Dr. @ 105 St.

Reading of the play: I Have Been to Hiroshima Mon Amour, by Chiori Miyagawa and directed by Jean Wagner. In this poetic rebuttal to the film, Hiroshima Mon Amour, the play follows two simultaneous love stories: One during WWII in Hiroshima; and the other in 1959, in reconstructed Hiroshima

Sunday, August 8

8:00 PM Church Of ST. Paul & ST. Andrew – 86 St. @ West End Ave.

Free PEACE Concert with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary, The Peaceniks with Barry Gruber & Moogy Klingman; and Shinji Harada.

10:02PM PEACE Bell Ringing at the exact moment of the Nagasaki bombing.

www.universalpeaceday.com

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