Media Advisory - Commemoration for the Victims of Hiroshima at the Montréal Botanical Garden

MONTREAL, Aug. 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay and Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Executive Director of the Space for Life, invite media representatives to attend the Peace Ceremony commemorating the victims of the Hiroshima bombing. The event, which is also open to all Montrealers, will be held at 7 p.m. on August 5, in the Japanese Garden at the Botanical Garden.

During the ceremony, the Peace Bell will be rung at 7:15 p.m. precisely, to mark the exact moment when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945, killing tens of thousands of people.

This is one of the few times during the year when the bell is rung, reminding us all not only of the passage of time but also of the need to join hands and work for peace in the world. The Peace Bell will be rung 67 times on August 6, in memory of this tragedy.

Date:	Sunday, August 5, 2012
Time:	7: 15 p.m. - Mr. Tremblay and Mr. Arai, Consul General of Japan in Montréal, will ring the Peace Bell at the same time as the bell in Hiroshima itself is rung. Montréal time: the exact moment when the bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima.
Location:	Japanese Garden at the Botanical Garden In front of the Peace Bell 4581, rue Sherbrooke Est (pay parking) (Pie-IX metro station, bus 185)

SOURCE: Espace pour la vie

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