REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Sunday August 9, 6:30 Vigil, 7:30 Music and Reflections 8:30 Candle boats
Watertown Square and the MDCR Dock on the Charles River
NEVER AGAIN – NO MORE HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI!
NO MORE VICTIMS - ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!
“Why do we stand in silence and float candle boats”? To remember -
*The more than 210,000 killed, and the many more injured, by the U.S. nuclear
attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 in 1945.
*That the danger of nuclear war is ever present and growing daily, and that
without a powerful grassroots movement dedicated to abolition of nuclear weapons,
the unthinkable - another Hiroshima or Nagasaki - is possible.
6:30 PM – Silent Vigil in Watertown Square
7:30 PM – Music/Testimonials and Reflections at Charles River MDCR Dock
Suzy Giroux, Singer and Activist
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Flutist, WCPJE President
Ray Matsumiya, Executive Director, Oleander Initiative
and Grandson of a Hiroshima bombing victim
Tod Gross and Jeanne Trubek, WCPJE Nuclear Disarmament Committee
All participants are encouraged to share reflections
8:30 PM – Floating of the Candle Boats
Sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment (WCPJE)
We appreciate the support of NE American Friends Service Committee and Massachusetts Peace Action.
For a listing of other activities remembering the events of August 6 and 9, visit www.masspeaceaction.org
Alternate Location in the Event of Rain: First Parish Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown.
Make your Own Sign
We will be there at 6:00 PM with sign materials if you wish to make your own sign. The Vigil will be starting at 6:30 this year.
Take a moment to read this article of concern and hope!
HIROSHIMA 81: The Looming Risk of Nuclear Disaster
Also, read and share this statement from the International Meeting of 2026 World Conference against A and H Bombs that appeared in a recent post of the Campaign Peace, Disarmament and Common Security.
