NAGASAKI DAY COMMEMORATION PLANNED FOR AUGUST 9TH AT KINGS BAY

From a FCPJ Press Release

Concerned citizens from northeast Florida and southeast Georgia will gather at the entrance to Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Marys, Georgia, on Sunday, August 9, at 3 PM to observe the 64th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

The event is sponsored by the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice (FCPJ) under the theme, "Lest We Forget." Sixty-four years ago more than 150,000 people, mostly non-combatants, were instantaneously killed when atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9. Subsequently, many additional thousands of Japanese citizens died of radiation poisoning from these two U.S. weapons.

FCPJ invites concerned citizens to stand for a short while on August 9th at the main gate of Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, off Spur 40 also called Charlie Smith, Sr. Hwy., in St. Marys, lest we forget the insane reality of this U.S.-created nuclear age. Come stand with us and begin to build a new world before it is too late.

For more information you can contact Bob Tancig, Executive Director of Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice at btancig@gmail.com or 352-214-1778; John X. Linnehan at metanoia.mx@gmail.com or 904-504-1004; or Robert Randall, at rrandall@compuserve.com or 912-342-5984.