8:15am
August 6th, 1945
Today is the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
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"We must teach an elemental truth: that status and prestige belong not to those who possess nuclear weapons, but to those who reject them," he said. "Let us realize our dream of a world free of nuclear weapons so that our children and all succeeding generations can live in freedom, security and peace."
- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon -
Today, officials from the USA, Britain & France, for the first time, will attend the prayer services in Hiroshima to honor & acknowledge the anniversary.
to silently bow our heads in remembrance
Let us all take a moment
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garden thoughts ...
'I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.'
- Robert Brault -