NonViolent Owensboro to Host "No More Hiroshima" for 80th Anniversary of WWII Bombing

80th anniversary: A look at the memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Surviving as places of peace Eighty years ago this week, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, another fell on the city of Nagasaki. Between 120,000 and 220,000 people died in the blasts or from burns, other wounds and radiation exposure over the next few months. Hiroshima history In the summer of 1945, the war in Europe was over, but fighting in the Pacific remained intense. The U.S. and its alli…

NonViolent Owensboro to host "No More Hiroshima" for 80th anniversary of WWII bombing

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) -- NonViolent Owensboro is hosting a free showing of the film “No More Hiroshima” at 1UU Church on 1221 Cedar Street on August 6 at 6:30 p.m. According to NonViolent Owensboro, the 26-minute film will be followed by facilitated discussion, a presentation, reflection and a candlelight vigil outdoors on Parrish Avenue at 7:50 p.m. The event coincides with the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing that took place during WWII…