Nuke Protesters Gather In Los Alamos To Commemorate 73rd Anniversary Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on August 4, 2018
- 11:39 pm

Peace activist John Dear protests nuclear weapons during a rally today that started at Ashley Pond Park and included the traditional sackcloth and ashes march and sit-in along Trinity Drive. Dear spoke to the Los Alamos Daily Post about the protest saying, ‘We gather to commemorate the 73^rd anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by calling for the closing of the Lab and the abolition of nuclear weapons … so we invite everyone to quit their jobs and become people of peace.’ Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Yosuyo Nugent from Hiroshina and now living in Santa Fe participates in today’s protest event. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from today’s protest rally. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

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Nuke Protesters Gather In Los Alamos To Commemorate 73rd Anniversary Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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