31st Annual Nagasaki Peace Ceremony

August 29, 9:30am - 12:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Mission Auditorium (550 South King Street)

31st Annual Nagasaki Peace Ceremony _______ Commemorating 79 years of Peace with Japan _______ Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024_______ Time: 9:30 am - 12 pm (doors open at 9 am)_______ Location: Mission Auditorium (550 South King Street) & Nagasaki Peace Bell (on the grounds adjoining Honolulu City Parking Lot)_______ Preliminary Program __ 9:45 am - Prelude by the Royal Hawaiian Band Blowing of Conch shell Pule Wehe (Hawaiian Prayer) __ 10 am - Welcome__ National Anthems (Hawaii - Japan - USA) by Royal Hawaiian Band__ Keynote Speaker - Tom Leatherman, Superintendent, Pearl Harbor National Memorial Parks __ Messages of Aloha__ Intergenerational Voices for Peace, Community peacemakers, Youth, Legislators, Interfaith leaders__ Special messages by Mayor Rick Blangiardi, Honolulu & letter by Mayor Shiro Suzuki, Nagasaki__ United Nations - 79th anniversary __ 11:02 am - Moment of Silence __ History of Honolulu's Nagasaki Peace Bell __ Song - "Bells of Nagasaki " __ 11:45 am - Closing Remarks__ Peace walk to Nagasaki Peace Bell__ All participants ring the bell__ "Hawaii Aloha" Peace Circle__ Sponsors - Peace Partners: Hawai鈥檌 Nagasaki Peace Committee; United Nations Association (UNA) Hawaii-HNL Chapter; Baha鈥檌 Hawaii Community; Conflict and Peace Specialist, University of Hawai鈥檌 at 惭腻苍辞补; Nagasaki Kenjin-kai; The Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Hawaii Chapter; Nagasaki Liaison.


Event Sponsor
Conflict and Peace Specialist, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Jose Barzola, 8089562690, caring@hawaii.edu,

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