Commemorating the 65th Anniversary of Hiroshima’s Bombing
source: http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/commemorating-the-65th-anniversary-of-hiroshimas...
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With the mournful sound of a Buddhist temple bell and the release of a flock of doves, a crowd of 55,000 people on Friday solemnly marked the moment 65 years ago when the world’s first atomic attack incinerated Hiroshima under a towering mushroom cloud. For first time, a representative of the United States, Ambassador John V. Roos, participated in the annual ceremony, raising hopes of a visit by a more prominent guest, President Obama, who is scheduled to be in Japan in November. Calls for President Obama to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki have spread in Japan not only since his Prague speech, but also after he won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Akihiro Takahashi, 79, the former head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a bombing survivor, stated: “We want President Obama to see with his own eyes what really happened here. This will give him stronger willpower to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
This piece includes vintage photographs, a slide show, two documentary shorts and an animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/commemorating-the-65th-anniversary-o...
Akihiro Takahashi, 79, the former head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a bombing survivor, stated: “We want President Obama to see with his own eyes what really happened here. This will give him stronger willpower to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
This piece includes vintage photographs, a slide show, two documentary shorts and an animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/commemorating-the-65th-anniversary-o...
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