This year the city of Hiroshima will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing August 6, 2005. Visit the Virtual museum of Peace Memorial Park. A letter of request from The Major of Hiroshima to President Bush.
Also don't forget this date! Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12, 2005.
Stephen Heintz & Kim Stanley Robinson
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I visited Hiroshima in April and was surprised to find that although it is a sad place, it is also overwhelmingly hopeful and peaceful. The museum was lovely. I'd highly recommend a visit if you're ever in Japan.
What a beautiful photo. This monument is just in front of the museum itself. I got to visit this museum when I was 16. The message was very powerful, I'll never forget all of the sad things I saw there...yet it was also very beautiful, there were these amazingly colorful paper decorations strung about outside near a sculpture in memory of the victims.
what a powerful letter. and a beautiful photo. i'm going to have to direct people to this post of yours on monday. thanks.
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