Again, we remember

This evening, about 12 of us gathered at Pritchard Park to remember the bombing of Nagasaki. I had a difficult time trying to park, and drove around and around the part trying to find some place to park. I was the ones with the candles, bags, and most importantly, sand. The sand is too heavy to carry very far. Finally, I pulled into the space reserved for police officers, and unloaded the supplies, since there were several people there already. After unloading, I drove off and found a parking spot right away – figures.

Anyway, tonight we remembered the bombing of Nagasaki. This was the 62^nd year of remembering this event where the US killed 140,000 people from that one bombing.

This is how they remembered it in Japan:

Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with prayers and ceremony on Thursday as the city’s mayor warned that the world faced a crisis of nuclear proliferation. Thousands of children, elderly survivors and dignitaries in Nagasaki’s Peace Park bowed their heads in a minute of silence at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb was dropped, in memory of the more than 140,000 who ultimately died. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue vowed to carry on the fight to eliminate nuclear arms long spearheaded by his predecessor, Itcho Ito, who was gunned down by a gangster in April.

I agree. We need to eliminate nuclear arms, yet my government wants to keep building more and more of them.

Anyway, the above is a picture from our vigil, held at the other end of the park this time. (Someone had an art display at the other end, and we did not want to disrupt that.) There were about 12 people there, and some of us talked while others meditated for peace.

We remembered.