An Hiroshima commemoration
Gathering for Hiroshima
3pm on Sunday 4th August
Lamlash Green, Lamlash Hall if raining
All Welcome
Groups across Britain will gather in the week ahead to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the tragic atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Events will take place nationwide, honouring the memory of the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and emphasising the urgent need for global nuclear disarmament.
In a year where the hands of the Doomsday Clock stand at 90 seconds to midnight – the closest we have even been to a humanmade global catastrophe like nuclear war – and nuclear powers continue to modernise their nuclear arsenals, these commemorations are an important reminder of why the threat of nuclear use should not be dismissed.
In Arran the gathering is open to everyone and all are welcome. And if you are in Edinburgh there will be an event at Peace and Justice, Scotland on 7th August. For more details see the Scottish CND Facebook page here
CND General Secretary Kate Hudson said:
“While the movie Oppenheimer tells the story of how the atomic bomb was made, these commemorations are an important reminder of why they must never be used again. CND honours and remembers the victims of the atrocities that occurred at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and calls on the public to join us in these commemorations. There are no winners from possessing nuclear weapons and we call on leaders to acknowledge their responsibility in preventing such horrors from ever happening again. They must take active steps to achieve nuclear disarmament before it’s too late.”
CND is a movement that campaigns for a world without nuclear weapons, so that we’ll never see another Hiroshima or Nagasaki again. Join today to be a part of this work.
The featured image shows the Genbaku Dome, often referred to as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. It is the only structure left standing near the epicentre of the first atomic bomb which exploded on 6 August 1945. The building was completed in 1915 and was used as a venue for trade events and it was almost completely gutted in the atomic bombing in 1945. Through the efforts of many people this ruin has been preserved in the same state as immediately after the explosion. The steel frame of the dome and parts of the walls survived and became a lasting memorial to the destruction and death caused by the bomb.
Image credit Dmitry Romanoff on Pexels.com
