Memorial Lantern Event Saturday, August 4 2018, 8:20pm 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 4, 2018, the sixth 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 sixth ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8.20pm-10pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8pm, ceremony is 8.20pm to 9.20pm.
Program includes:
This event will be echoed in many of the 7,568 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 Ploughshares Calgary Society a registered Non-Profit. Supported by
www.ploughsharescalgary.ca http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: (see link at www.ploughsharescalgary.com)
On Saturday August 4, 2018, the sixth 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 sixth ‘FLOATING LANTERN PEACE CEREMONY’
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 OLYMPIC PLAZA CALGARY, 8.20pm-10pm
Come join us. Music starts at 8pm, ceremony is 8.20pm to 9.20pm.
Program includes:
- Calgary musicians on the main stage
- Multicultural children’s and youth choirs
- A youth speaker
- Keynote speech by the Hon. Douglas Roche O.C. (former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament to the United Nations, Senator, Member of Parliament. Author of 22 books)
- 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 7,568 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 Ploughshares Calgary Society a registered Non-Profit. Supported by
www.ploughsharescalgary.ca http://www.2020visionforhumanity.com/memorial-lantern.html
Facebook: (see link at www.ploughsharescalgary.com)
