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Commemorative Reading: John Hersey’s ‘Hiroshima’

August 6 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT

 

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Date:
August 6
Time:
11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT
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Venue

Townsend Park
Central Ave. & Henry Johnson Blvd.
Albany, NY 12210 United States
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You are invited to a community reading of John Hersey’s ‘Hiroshima’ to mark the anniversary of the bombing. The book, in print since 1946, tells the story of six of the survivors of the August 6 bombing. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs to sit on and to contact Dan Wilcox if they would like to read at the event.

In case of rain, the back-up site is the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave.

Sponsor:
Veterans For Peace Tom Paine Chapter (#10), the Poetry Motel Foundation, & Upper Hudson Peace Action.

Contact:
Dan Wilcox, dwlcx46@gmail.com, 518-366-3715