Hiroshima Day Resources
August 6, 2008, will be the 63rd anniversary of Hiroshima Day and there are many interfaith and Unitarian Universaslist (UU) resources available for congregations that plan to hold a worship service or other event.
- Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President Rev. William G. Sinkford offers a prayer for Hiroshima Day (PDF).
- The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is a partner organization of Faithful Security which provides a very useful "Educational Toolkit" (PDF) that includes worship resources for Hiroshima Day.
- Shortly after the bombing in Hiroshima, Rev. A. Powell Davies of the All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, DC, gave a famous sermon called "Lest We Forget." In it, he encourages the congregation to give supplies to the victims of the bomb. After sending school supplies to the Honkawa school in Hiroshima, the church received 45 hand drawn pictures by the children of the city. These pictures have recently been restored and discussions on how to best preserve the pictures are being held in the church. For more information the relationship between All Souls and Hiroshima's school children, please visit Origins of the Project.
- The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website has terrific photographs and archives of the annual Peace Declarations through 2007:
- That fateful summer, 8:15. The roar of a B-29 breaks the morning calm. A parachute opens in the blue sky. Then suddenly, a flash, an enormous blast ― silence ― hell on Earth... (More)
- That fateful summer, 8:15. The roar of a B-29 breaks the morning calm. A parachute opens in the blue sky. Then suddenly, a flash, an enormous blast ― silence ― hell on Earth... (More)
- OrigamiTube has a video showing how to create an origami peace crane
- Did you know UU Minister, Reverend Fred Small, was inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki and wrote the song "Cranes Over Hiroshima" (Lyrics) (Download at Amazon)
For more information contact international @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.
