Events in Bristol on 80th anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Event Date: 6th August 2025
Location: Bristol

Events in Bristol on 80th anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima and NagasakiWe usually only contact you when a new edition of Bristol CND’s newsletter, Peace Matters, is published. This unusual extra mailing is to let you know about three important events taking place in Bristol in the next few days.
We are sending it to you and other local/national politicians and campaigning organisations in and around the Bristol area because we want to raise awareness of our campaigning activities and current key issues.

• On Wed 6th August and Sat 9th August, events commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
• And on Mon 11th August, a public speaker meeting “Peace or War? Challenging war hysteria” with the editor and contributors to The Alternative Defence Review which you may have heard about in the national press recently.

See below for details of all three.
 

6th August 1945 – Hiroshima
9th August 1945 – Nagasaki

Join Bristol CND to mark 80th anniversary of the first uses of nuclear weapons

Date: Wed 6th August
Time: 8 am for 8:15 am ‘die-in’
Place: Peace Grove in Castle Park, Central Bristol, BS1 3XB (behind the ruined church next to the cycleway/footpath)

Join us for a silent vigil and symbolic ‘die-in’ at 8:15 am, marking the moment when the world’s first atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Bring  flags and banners.


Date: Sat 9th August
Time: 10.45 for ‘die-in’ at 11.02
Place: College Green, Central Bristol, BS1 5UY

Join us for a silent vigil and symbolic ‘die-in’ at 11.02 am, marking the moment when the second atomic bomb was detonated over Nagasaki. Bring  flags and banners. Following the die-in, there will be a short rally with speeches and poetry plus a contribution from a local choir.