Memorial Lantern Event
Saturday, August 3 2019, 8:20pm - 9:45pm at Olympic Plaza, Calgary
Imagine a world at peace. Imagine no fear of nuclear weapons because they no longer exist. Imagine an event that planted a seed of hope which grew into fruition.
On Saturday August 3, 2019, the seventh annual ‘Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony’ will take place by the pool at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza. Everybody is invited. Hundreds of beautiful lanterns will be released as people think of their own loved ones and the hundreds of thousands affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lanterns available for rent for a donation of $5 or more. Wording added through Eventbrite for $20.
Calgary’s seventh ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2019 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8:20 pm - 9:45 pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8 pm, ceremony is 8:20 pm to 9:20 pm.
Program includes:
This event will be echoed in many of the 7,744 cities in 163 regions/countries in the world who have joined Mayors for Peace. Mayors for Peace is a group of mayors, including Mayor Nenshi and Mayor Bronconnier before him, who are calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Check out http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english . Mayors for Peace is just one of thousands of citizen groups across the globe opposed to nuclear weapons. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, unions, parliamentarians, scientists, university women, faith groups, musicians and artists all have groups in many countries speaking out against nuclear weapons. Join us!
Sponsored by the City of Calgary and Ploughshares Calgary Society, www.ploughsharescalgary.ca .
Supported by http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: (see link at www.ploughsharescalgary.com)
On Saturday August 3, 2019, the seventh annual ‘Floating Lantern Peace Ceremony’ will take place by the pool at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza. Everybody is invited. Hundreds of beautiful lanterns will be released as people think of their own loved ones and the hundreds of thousands affected by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Lanterns available for rent for a donation of $5 or more. Wording added through Eventbrite for $20.
Calgary’s seventh ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2019 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8:20 pm - 9:45 pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8 pm, ceremony is 8:20 pm to 9:20 pm.
Program includes:
- Calgary musicians: Georgie Lyons and others
- Multicultural children’s and youth choirs
- Syrian Poet Ghada Alatrash
- Keynote speech by The Very Reverend Bill Phipps
- Greetings from mayors of cities around the world and more.
- Write a message on a lantern, light it and float it on the pool
This event will be echoed in many of the 7,744 cities in 163 regions/countries in the world who have joined Mayors for Peace. Mayors for Peace is a group of mayors, including Mayor Nenshi and Mayor Bronconnier before him, who are calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Check out http://www.mayorsforpeace.org/english . Mayors for Peace is just one of thousands of citizen groups across the globe opposed to nuclear weapons. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, unions, parliamentarians, scientists, university women, faith groups, musicians and artists all have groups in many countries speaking out against nuclear weapons. Join us!
Sponsored by the City of Calgary and Ploughshares Calgary Society, www.ploughsharescalgary.ca .
Supported by http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: (see link at www.ploughsharescalgary.com)
