Hiroshima Remembrance Ceremony
Monday, August 5, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
. Testimony of A-Bomb Survivors
. Peace & Justice Art Exhibit
. Children's Program
. Candle Lantern Float Ceremony

Nagasaki Remembrance Programs
Wednesday, August 8, 9:45 - 10:30PM, Lafayette Park
Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate Nagasaki Bombing

Thursday, August 9, 7:00 - 9:30PM,
American University, Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves.
Panel Discussion: "Uniting for Peace and Justice"


Dear Friends,

As we prepare to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the atomic bombings this summer, we address you with a renewed sense of urgency about the world situation. Richard Falk, eminent Professor of International Law, wrote earlier this year; "Not since the dawn of the nuclear age at the end of World War II has the danger of nuclear war been greater."

In just 18 months, The Bush administration has taken the entire world to the brink of the nuclear precipice. Among his controversial nuclear policies are: developing a new Star Wars program; trashing of the ABM Treaty; publishing a Nuclear Posture Review that calls for using nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states; proposing a new Pentagon command structure which would combine the U.S. Space Command , Star Wars, and the U.S. Strategic Command; proposing new battlefield nukes; proposing preparations for resumption of nuclear testing; threatening Iraq with total war; and militarizing and destabilizing much of South Asia. With Pakistan and India nuclear saber rattling on the brink of nuclear war, and the Middle East descending into chaos and Israel armed with hundreds of nuclear weapons, the current nuclear situation is frightening.

The best strategy for abolishing nuclear weapons and fighting social injustice is broadening and strengthening the people's movement to challenge all aspects of nuclearism, militarism and corporate arrogance. The theme of the 21st Annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration of the National Capital Area is "Stop Nuclear Madness: Unite for Peace and Justice."

This August we will observe the fifty-seventh anniversary of the atomic bombings. For the sixteenth consecutive year we will host a delegation of A-Bomb survivors (Hibakusha) from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And, we are proud to announce that we are sending Toussaint Tingling-Clemmons to Hiroshima and Nagasaki this August as our Youth Representative to the 2002 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.

As always, the annual Hiroshima/Nagasaki Commemoration is the work of scores of dedicated peace workers. The costs of putting on such an event are substantial. Please reconcile your conscience and your pocket book and send your generous contribution(see address above and MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO JOHN STEINBACH, C/O Gray Panthers, 711 Eighth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001; tax exempt contributions can be made c/o Gray Panthers of Metro Washington(call first).

The noted psychiatrist and peace advocate Robert J. Lifton once said: "Keeping Alive Hiroshima's Death May Help Keep Us Alive." The Hibakusha who were children in 1945 are now in their late 60s and 70s, but their terrible memories of that day remain unblurred by time. Their greatest fear is that when they are gone, the memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will disappear and nuclear weapons will be used again, this time threatening life itself. Please join us this summer that together we may keep alive the spirit of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the sake of the Children and the Planet.

Yours For A Nuclear Free World
Louise Franklin-Ramirez & John Steinbach
for the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee of the National Capital Area

Hiroshima Remembrance Ceremony
Monday, August 5, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
. Testimony of A-Bomb Survivors
. Peace & Justice Art Exhibit
. Children's Program
. Candle Lantern Float Ceremony

Baltimore Remembrance Program(Vigil, supper, discussion)
Tuesday August 6 5:30- 9PM
AFSC Office, 4806York Road
Max 410-323-7200

Nagasaki Remembrance Programs
Thursday, August 8, 9:45 - 10:30PM, Lafayette Park
Candlelight Vigil to Commemorate Nagasaki Bombing
Friday, August 9, 7:00 - 9:30PM, Kay Spiritual Chapel,
American University, Massachusetts & Nebraska Aves.
.Panel Discussion: "Uniting for Peace and Justice"

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee, Gray Panthers, IntoAfrika, Washington Peace Center, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Little Friends for Peace, Up and Out of Poverty Now, DC Coalition to End the War In Iraq, Peter Maurin Center,

Contact Gray Panthers, 711 8th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 202-347-9541 <johnsteinbach@comcast.net>