US EditionRestored Nagasaki Bell to Ring in 80 Years Since A-Bomb
NAGASAKI, JAPAN, AUG 9 – The restored bells at Urakami Cathedral include a new bell donated from the U.S. after raising funds from over 500 Catholics, honoring nearly 8,500 parishioners killed in 1945.
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Nagasaki is marking the U.S. atomic attack on the southern city 80 years ago, with survivors determined to make their hometown the last place on earth hit by the bomb. Survivors in the Japanese city will commemorate the anniversary Saturday…
Restored Nagasaki bell to ring in 80 years since A-bomb
NAGASAKI, Japan: Twin cathedral bells will ring in unison Saturday in Japan’s Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, commemorating the moment the atrocity took place. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Japan continues its commemorations. Three days after Hiroshima, Nagasaki in turn pays tribute to the victims of the second atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945 by the Americans. Symbol of the renaissance of this city, its cathedral is now in exactly the same place. Its bells will ring together for the first time in 80 years this Saturday at 11:02 a.m. precise, time at which the city was blown by the bomb. (International).
Bells of Nagasaki’s Urakami Cathedral to Sound Together for 1st Time Since Bomb Dropped in 1945
NAGASAKI — A nonprofit organization, which promotes the study of Nagasaki culture, will hold an event Saturday to listen to the sound of bells in the city’s Urakami Cathedral, including a new bell donated to the cathedral to replace one that was damaged in the 1945 atomic bombing of the city.
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