REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 2026

July 28, 2026

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

CONTACT:

Robert Watada, rywatada@gmail.com, Event Organizer, (808) 351-4886

Helen Liu, Asian American Council of Oregon, helenliu45@gmail.com, (541) 514-5703 

FOR RELEASE THROUGH AUGUST 6

REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

81st Anniversary Commemoration on August 6 at Alton Baker Park (Peace Park Pavilion)

7:00-8:30 p.m. Public Welcome

The public is invited to the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration on Wednesday, August 6, at 7 p.m. at Alton Baker Park’s Peace Pavilion. Experience taiko drumming, Obon dancing, and a lantern ceremony at dusk to honor the victims of the atomic bombings 81 years ago and to call for peace. Eugene Mayor Kararin Knudson will be the featured speaker. Details at AsianCouncil.org.

COMMEMORATION PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Program Schedule:
7:00 pm      Eugene Taiko

7:15 p.m.    Welcome. Emcee: Former Mayor Kitty Piercy

7:20 p.m.    Prayer to Ancestors: Rev. Mark Unno, 

7:25 p.m.    Speaker: Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson 

7:40 pm      Letter from Mayor of Hiroshima–read by Mike Takahashi

7:45pm       Music–Kami Hendrix and choir–Hana wa Saku (Flowers Will Bloom)

                            —Buck Mueller–What Have They Done to the Rain?

8:00pm       Call to Action–CALC, Michael Carrigan

8:05pm.      Acknowledgement–Asian American Council of Oregon

                                                –Hiroshima Planning Committee

8:10pm.      Obon Dance–led by Mike Takahashi

8:25pm       Update and viewing of Persimmon Peace Tree–Helen Liu

                   Acknowledgement–COE Parks and Open Space

 8:30 p.m.    Procession to Lantern Floating Ceremony at the pond