Leeds – Nagasaki Memorial Ceremony

PARK SQ, LEEDS, LS1 2ND
(south side of the Headrow near Leeds Town Hall)
All are welcome
10.30 Assemble, music from ‘Hands Across’
11.00 Welcome: Colin Archer, Leeds CND
11.02 Two minutes silence
11.04 The Last Post (trumpet solo by Shannon Gateley)
11.05 Laying of memorial wreath and reading of the 2026 Nagasaki Peace
Declaration: Lord Mayor Councillor Stephen Holroyd
11.10 Reading of the 2026 Hiroshima Declaration: Councillor Andy Rontree
11.15 “Sun Rises” by Konrad Kinard
11.20 Readings of poetry and prose (open to all)
11.25 Speakers: Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign;
Tim Devereux, Movement for the Abolition of War;
Hugh Hubbard, Sam Legg, Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
11.40 Music from ‘Hands Across’
11.45 Conclusion