Hiroshima Peace Day will be celebrated at library Wednesday
Be a Messenger of Peace
"I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world."
With these words, 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki wrote her legacy and opened new avenues in the quest for peace in the world.
You are invited to share in this legacy by writing your message of peace and folding it into a paper crane and sharing it with others at the Hiroshima Peace Day event on Wednesday, August 6 at the Northfield Public Library from 5 to 6:45 p.m.
Sadako was two years old when she was exposed to radiation during the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This exposure led to leukemia which was diagnosed ten years later. She began to fold origami paper cranes after her friend reminded her of the legend about folding a thousand paper cranes in order to live to be very old.
Sadako did not live to fold 1,000, but her friends completed the task. Students throughout Japan were moved by her story and began to fold paper cranes too.
The story and the custom has spread to all the corners of the world-including Northfield. As Sadako wrote, "I will write peace on your wings, and you will fly all over the world."
You can be a part of Sadako's hope for peace. The cranes of peace remind us all that each one of us can do something to make that peace.
Japanese students in Northfield
This morning I shot a set of photos of a group of Japanese students folding paper cranes for the library event. The students are from Japan's Chuo University and are here in Northfield for a 4-week Summer Language Program at Carleton. They'll be here until August 18, so please say hello to them when you see them around town!
Today
Hello,
Welcome to our Japanese friends.
May I ask, do all of you hope for a world without nuclear weapons?
If so, what do you think Americans can do towards this effort?
Thank you so much for your response.
Currently, I am assisting the Hiroshima Peace Museum to place their exhibit made by survivors in the United States. It was shown in our town at the university I attend sponsored by the Multicultural Center and also at our public library. Do you think Carleton and the local community would be willing to sponsor the exhibit also?
Thank you,
Cindy Thomas, M.S.
University of Wisconsin, Stout
Menomonie, Wisconsin
(608) 239-0004
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