78th Hiroshima Nagasaki Day

78th Commemoration Ceremony Remembering those lost to nuclear war          

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo

Hiroshima Nagasaki Day
Saturday, August 5, 2023 

6:30pm walk from Grafton Town Square to Peace Pagoda (4.3 Miles)

8:00pm Program of Peace in front of the Peace Pagoda

• Lantern Ceremony
• Interfaith Prayer
• Musical Offerings                     

80,000 people killed instantly within one hour of nuclear bombings in Japan.  Many thousands more lost in the days and years to come.

NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS EVER AGAIN, ANYWHERE, FOR ANY REASON

Continued prayers for peace in Ukraine and all areas of conflict in the world.

The choice today is nonviolence or nonexistence.  The alternative to disarmament may well be a civilization plunged into the abyss of annihilation- Martin Luther King, Jr

Let each of our steps bring us closer to peace

Walk for a nuclear free future August 2-5, 2023

Wednesday, August 2 Lake George- Healing walk for Land and Water/Remembering French and Indian War  Battle of 1757 at Fort William Henry

• Thursday, August 3 Saratoga Springs to West Milton Kesselring Training Facility
• Friday, August 4 Knolls Atomic Laboratory in Niskayuna
• Saturday, August 5 Grafton Town Square to Peace Pagoda 6:30-8:00pm
• Sunday, August 6 Peace Vigil in Pittsfield MA, 8AM in remembrance of Nagasaki bombing

Before Peace Walk contact Grafton Peace Pagoda, Nipponzan Myohoji (Japanese Buddhist order). For more information call 518-658-9301 8:00am-5:00pm.  During Peace Walk contact Rose (201) 956-5702