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[DYANE BROWN]

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Nanaimo ’ s 24th annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony will be held on the evening of Wednesday, August 6th at Swy-a-Lana Lagoon at Maffeo Sutton Park. This event is for everyone including families and children. 



The ceremony is to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the first use of the atomic bomb when the City of Hiroshima was reduced to ashes. The City of Nanaimo has declared August 6th Hiroshima Day in Nanaimo. This is in keeping with Nanaimo ’ s status as a nuclear-weapons free city and with past proclamations by the City. 



This year, the evening begins at 8:30 with peace songs led by community song leader, Sylvia Humble. The ceremony begins at 9:00 with Mayor Leonard Krog reading the proclamation. The program includes song, dance, the Vancouver Island Harp Ensemble and a few words from elected representatives and from the Central Vancouver Island Japanese Canadian Society. 



The public is invited to help launch the 35 lanterns at 9:30. The lanterns are removed from the lagoon after the ceremony. 



The ceremony is organized each year by the Nanaimo chapter of WILPF, Women ’ s International League for Peace and Freedom, the oldest women ’ s international peace group beginning in 1915. 




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