Hiroshima / Nagasaki Peace Committee 703‑ 392‑5045 8 / 5 / 98 2:03 P.M. 1 / 1

This is our cry, This is our prayer, Peace in the world .

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee
of the National Capital Area
For the Sake of the Future
C / O Gray Panthers of Metro Washington
711 Eighth Street NW, Washington , DC 20001

1998 Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration Activities

17th Annual Hiroshima Remembrance

Wednesday, August 5, 1998 6:00 ‑ 9:OO PM
Lincoln Memorial

· Moment of Silence at 7:15 PM (Instant of Hiroshima's Death)

· Testimony from A‑Bomb Survivor (Hibakusha) & Other Radiation Victims

· Professor Shingo Shibata

· Children's Program

· Memorial Candle lantern Float At Dusk

" Nuclear Abolition and Human Survival ''

Saturday, August 8, 7:00 PM .

Metropolitan AME Church, 1517 M Street NW

· Louise Franklin‑Ramirez, Researcher and Activist, Washington, DC

· Professor Shingo Shibata, Author, Hiroshima University

· Ms. Hiroko MUKAI Age: 59, Hibakusha from Hiroshima

· Mr. Chise KIHARA Age: 67, Hibakusha from Hiroshima

· Mr. Izumi YAMAGUCHI Peace Activist from Tokyo

· Following the program will be a candlelight procession to the White House for a vigil to commemorate Nagasaki at 10:02 PM

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Phone (703‑ 369‑ 7427) fax (703‑ 392 ‑5045)