2025: 21st Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Day and Floating Peace Lantern Ceremony, Message of Peace/Hope (Taiko, Music, Poety, Lantern Making) NEW

On Saturday, August 2, 2025, the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Monterey County branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) invites the community to gather at Lovers Point Cove in Pacific Grove, CA, for a moving and inclusive ceremony. This event honors those who suffered and continue to suffer from the bombings of 1945 and reaffirms a global commitment to abolishing nuclear weapons, ensuring such a tragedy is never repeated.

Date and Time
Saturday, August 2, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd. at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA

Program Schedule
• 7:00 pm: Lantern making and Taiko Drumming
• 7:45 pm: Music and messages of hope and peace
• 8:15 pm: Launching of the Peace Lanterns on the water

Details
This is a free public event that is respectful, inclusive, and free of cultural appropriation. Kayaks will be provided by Pacific Grove Adventures to help launch lanterns across the water. The evening includes traditional Japanese Taiko drumming, live music, poetry, and meditative flute music during the lantern release. The ceremony emphasizes peace and reflection.

Organizers & Sponsors
Presented by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Monterey County Branch.
Co-sponsored by the City of Pacific Grove, the Peace Coalition of Monterey County, Monterey Peninsula Friends Meeting (Quakers), Veterans for Peace Chapter 46, Monterey Peace and Justice Center, and Pacific Grove Adventures.

Tags
#PeaceLanternCeremony #HiroshimaNagasaki #ToroNagashi #PacificGroveEvents #JapaneseCulture #WILPF #PeaceEvent #TaikoDrumming #LanternCeremony #NuclearAbolition

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About Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
About Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Monterey County Branch: WILPF is a worldwide organization established in 1915. Our vision is a world of permanent peace built on feminist foundations of freedom, justice, nonviolence, human rights, and equality for all, where people, the planet, and all its other inhabitants coexist and flourish in harmony. The Monterey County Branch works collaboratively and in solidarity all across the WILPF movement, and in partnership with other individuals and organizations who align with our vision.

Email: Beverly Bean, WILPF Chair, beverlygb [at] gmail.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WILPFMonterey

For more information: https://peacecentral.wordpress.com/womens-...

Title
Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remberance Day - Message of Peace & Hope.. (Taiko, Music, Poety, Lanterns..) Lovers Point Cove