All are welcome to join peacemakers and activists on Saturday, August 9^th at 10 am in Los Alamos to commemorate the 80^th year since the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on that day in 1945.

At 10 am, a vigil and protest will begin in the Manhattan Project National Historic Park at Ashley Pond.  We’ll come together to sing songs of peace and against nuclear weapons, to honor the victims and survivors of nuclear bombs development, testing and use around the world.  We’ll vow to never allow another nuclear atrocity.

At 11 am we’ll march to the SALA Theater, located at 2551 Central Avenue.  https://sala.losalamos.com/  Two documentaries, Nagasaki Journey, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_3Xs1iALx8 , followed by Dark Circle, https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/darkcircle/ , created by filmmakers Christopher Beaver and Judy Irving will be shown. The filmmakers will be present for Q & A sessions.

At 2:30 pm we’ll march back to the Manhattan Project National Historic Park for refreshments and an open mike session for anyone who wishes to say a few words.  We’ll end with a closing song.

Please note:  The seating at the SALA theatre is limited.  You may reserve your seat for five dollars.  Please visit the theatre’s website at https://sala.losalamos.com/ .  Click on “Tickets,” then scroll down to August 9^th and find the sponsor’s name:  NM Peace Festival.

Veterans For Peace, New Mexico Peace Festival, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Watch New Mexico and the Taos Environmental Film Festival are organizing the events.

The organizers are focused on the Nagasaki bombing, which was prepared for by the United States first testing a plutonium implosion bomb, named “The Gadget,” at the Trinity Site in south central New Mexico on July 16, 1945.  The second plutonium implosion bomb, “Fat Man,” was dropped on Nagasaki near the end of World War Two.  Both plutonium implosion bombs were fabricated at Los Alamos.

It has been 80 years since those atrocities occurred.  Now some world leaders are saying the quiet part out loud and urging the use of nuclear weapons to resolve conflicts.

In response, we’ll display Veterans for Peace flags, banners that declare, “Nuclear Weapons are Illegal,” that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is in force, and quote Pope Francis stating that nuclear weapons are immoral.  Please bring your signs and banners.

1. Friday, July 25^th from noon to 1 pm – Join your neighbors and friends at the intersection of East Alameda and Sandoval for the weekly one-hour peaceful protest for nuclear disarmament and against expanded plutonium pit production at LANL. Join with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others. Bring your flags, signs and banners in support of nuclear weapons disarmament.

1. Watch the “Television Event” 2:13 minute trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5RGRsTwjM It is about the television movie of the week about nuclear war shown on television during the Reagan administration.  Watch the trailer to learn more.

1. Friday, August 1^st through Friday, August 29^th – Anti-Uranium Mapping Project Opening with photographer and activist Shayla Blatchford who documents her 14 year journey to expose the hidden truths of extractive mining practices on the Navajo Nation. CENTER, 1570 Pacheco St., Unit B1, Santa Fe, NM.

 Special reception for the artist on Thursday, August 14^th from 5 to 8 pm.

https://www.antiuraniummappingproject.com/