80th Anniversary Events: Remembering Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki July 16, August 6, and August 9, 2025
Join Physicians for Social Responsibility in commemorating 80 years since the start of the nuclear age, when the United States conducted the Trinity nuclear test in New Mexico and bombed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
PSR Chapters, local organizers, and other groups across the country will be joining together this summer to commemorate these horrific events which spread radiation across the United States and killed over 200,000 people in Japan.
Below find an interactive map displaying the local events taking place, and find your local event. Additionally below is a calendar with more details about each of the events.
Find your community and attend an event to commemorate 80 years since these immoral nuclear weapons were used. To find out more about PSR, visit psr.org and click here to submit a local event to be included in this calendar and map.
Nuclear Prayer Day
Join faith leaders for inspiring prayer and call to action in this virtual event for Nuclear Prayer Day 80th Anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Join at 11 am EDT or 4:45 pm EDT. Sponsored by Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.
Hiroshima Commemoration / Peace Witness
The public is invited to take part in this solemn remembrance of the bombing of Hiroshima and the lives lost in Japan. Co-sponsored by Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom Triangle Branch.
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now! Commemorate!
Vigils on Wednesday August 6 and August 9 commemorating the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan and the demand to abolish nuclear weapons now. Sponsored by Greater New Haven Peace Council and City of New Haven Peace Commission.
80 Years Since Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Ceremony of remembrance and rededication, including music, speakers, city proclamation, silence, and water ceremony; opportunities to take action. Sponsored by Peace House.
80 Years of Nuclear Devastation
Join SF Bay PSR and Tri-Valley CAREs on this historic anniversary to commemorate the victims and support global nuclear abolition at the location where horrific new warheads are being designed today. The day will include a rally, non-violent protest, a “die-in,” a traditional Japanese Bon dance, and inspiring speakers.
Hiroshima Day Anti-War Rally
Join Taoseños For Peaceful And Livable Futures for a rowdy demonstration to halt nuclear warhead core production at Los Alamos Nat’l Laboratory.
Hiroshima-Nagsaki Remembrance Vigil
Join Back from the Brink CT for a powerful vigil in remembrance of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
Boston-Hiroshima Nagasaki 80th Commemoration
Join Greater Boston PSR for a commemoration event featuring speeches from Nobel Peace Prize recipients, Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombing), and various local leaders. There will also be live music and tables featuring local organizations and a station to fold origami peace cranes.
Seattle Peace Walk
Ceremony and Peace Walk with atomic bomb survivor and the Fierce Nonviolence Pilgrims.
Hiroshima Day & Nonviolent Action
Candlelight vigil, followed by a ceremony of peace, led by women, in memory of victims of the bombing of Nagasaki. Sponsored by Brandywine Peace Community among others.
Gathering for Remembrance of the Victims of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Eighty years ago, Never Again. All are welcome. Sponsored by Western North Carolina PSR and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 099.
A Call for Peace, Now More than Ever
Peace walk, crane folding, poetry reading, music and prayers, followed by lantern floating on Nashawannuck Pond. Co-sponsored by PSR/Pioneer Valley and Back from the Brink Western Mass.
Cranes for Peace
From August 6-9, 4:00-5:30 pm, join Back from the Brink to help fold 1,000 paper cranes to fulfill our wish for peace.
Never Again! Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Solemn procession followed by reception & art showing. Sponsored by Syracuse Peace Council.
Baltimore Commemorates Hiroshima
Protest outside Johns Hopkins University followed by a community meeting & potluck dinner. Sponsored by Baltimore Nonviolence Center.
80th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Atomic Bombing August 6th
Commemoration with speakers followed by Q&A. Co-sponsored by Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, Back from the Brink, and partners. Virtual option.
Never Again: Art Speaks Where Words Fail – Art’s Enduring Protest 80 Years Later
Join Oregon PSR on August 6th as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and uplift the powerful resistance that grew from this tragedy.
DC Nuclear Prayer Day Vigil
This event will feature prayers for a world free of nuclear weapons, reflections from faith leaders and the nuclear disarmament community, music, and calls to action to support legislative measures and educational efforts to build a movement to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race. Sponsored by United Methodist Church and Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.
From Hiroshima to Hope
With music, poetry, and a lantern floating ceremony, From Hiroshima to Hope will shine hope and light on Green Lake on Wednesday evening, August 6, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9. Co-sponsored by Washington PSR.
Silent Peace Walk on Hiroshima 80th Anniversary
Join Cleveland Nonviolence Network for a silent peace walk, paper crane making, words and music, followed by lighting candle lanterns.
