PEACE QUEST HOLDS 7th ANNUAL HIROSHIMA DAY COMMEMORATION

On August 6, 2008, at Cape Breton University, Peace Quest Cape Breton held its 7th Annual Commemoration of the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Entitled Atomic Desert, the ceremony featured a talk by Peace Quest member Sean Howard, the presentation (with accompanying text) of four ‘Hiroshima Panels,’ by the Japanese artists Iri and Toshi Maruki, an excerpt from the ‘Hiroshima Symphony’ by Masao Ohki, and the reading of a ‘Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age.’ More...