Group gathers to remember A-bomb victims - Fosters: "Sixty-six years later, Seacoast Peace Response gathered on Saturday at South Mill Pond to remember the victims and survivors of the bombings with a Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemorative Vigil.
The vigil included poetry readings to mark the occasion, scattering flowers into the water and a peace crane origami-making table at the Portsmouth Farmers Market at City Hall.
The idea for the peace crane table came from the story of Sadako Saski, a Japanese girl who was two-years-old when the bombs were dropped. At age 11 she was diagnosed with leukemia and was reminded by a friend that if you make 1,000 paper cranes you get to wish for whatever you want. Sadako's wish was for peace. She managed to make over 600 paper cranes before she passed on and then her classmates took it upon themselves to finish her work."
Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
Ambassador Zara Bayla Juan, Sailing for Peace #PeaceDay
