Nagasaki A-Bomb 73rd Anniversary – Leeds

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Nagasaki A-Bomb 73rd Anniversary – Leeds
9th August 2018 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm

HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI A-BOMBS 73rd ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION EVENT
Timetable of events
10.30 Assemble in Park Square, by the Mayors for Peace memorial (centre of the square) accompanied by Leeds People’s Choir
11.00 Welcome by Alasdair Beal (Leeds CND)
11.02 Two minutes silence to remember all those affected in the atomic bombings & all innocent civilian victims of warfare.
11.05 Laying of memorial wreath and reading of Nagasaki 2018 Peace Declaration by Cllr James Lewis, Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council
11.10 Reading of Hiroshima 2018 Peace Declaration by Cllr David Blackburn, Chair of Peace Link
11.15 Readings of poetry and prose on the theme
11.25 Report by Prof. David Webb (Chair, CND) on United Nations treaty for worldwide nuclear weapons ban
11.30 Choir
11.40 Event ends
ALL WELCOME