Hiroshima Commemorations
Explore global Hiroshima Day commemorations, peace marches, memorial services, and events held on August 6 to honor victims and advocate for nuclear disarmament.
HIROSHIMA DAY - Commemorations on August 6
More than eight decades of Hiroshima commemorations serve as an indispensable reminder that such catastrophic nuclear events must never be repeated.
This solemn annual remembrance is marked with peace ceremonies, vigils, a moment of global silent prayer, declarations of peace, and educational events. Learn how you can actively engage in the global call for lasting peace.
Explore in-depth information honouring and remembering the victims, learn about the essential support and recognition for surviving Hibakusha, and help raise awareness about the human consequences of nuclear weapons.
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Curated Directory & Deep-Dive Resources on Hiroshima Commemorations
- Event: 32nd Annual Sadako Peace Day - Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, August 6, 2026 at 6PM, La Casa De Maria, Immaculate Heart Community, 800 El Bosque Road Montecito, CA 520985
- 9 Aug - Cranes for Peace 2025, United States, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT 482800
- 6 Aug - Nuclear Prayer Day 2025 , Online, 11:00 AM EDT 482546
- 6 Aug - The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings: Lessons after 80 years – PANA, Online event, 8:00 PM 482799
- 6 Aug - Boston Hiroshima-Nagasaki 80th Anniversary Commemoration 2025, United States, 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT 482545
- 6 Aug - 80th Anniversaries of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 2025, United States, 6:00 – 7:30 PM EDT 482547
- 3 Aug - A Survivor Speaks, a Generation Walks, United States, 7:30 PM PDT 482544
- 2 Aug - 2025 Hiroshima Nagasaki Remembrance, United States, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT 482543
- 10 Aug - Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration, United States, 5:00 AM - 7:00 AM 363944
- 10 Aug - Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Past Must Not Repeat, United States, 4:00 AM - 6:00 AM 363945
- 6 Aug - Peace Walk on the Beach: In Commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States, 10:00 PM - 1:00 AM 363943
- 6 Aug - Nuclear Prayer Day 2023 365215
- 6 Aug - Humanity for Peace August 6 International Demonstrations - New York 1pm - 4pm 363293
- 6 Aug - Hiroshima Commemoration, Bradford 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM 364016
- 5 Aug - Inaugural Albuquerque Peace Festival Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration Rally - United States, 11:00 PM - 3:00 AM 363941
- 5 Aug - Day of Remembrance for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States, 4:30 AM - 6:30 AM 363942
- Nuclear Prayer Day - August 6, 2022 298240
- Peace Boat: Saturday 6 August, 8:05-8:30 JST, live from Hiroshima 298916
- The City of Hiroshima - Announcement regarding the 2022 Peace Memorial Ceremony 298914
- 8 Aug - Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered: SCANS CND online event 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM GMT 299483
- Central England Quakers - Hiroshima Day Service 2022 298913
- London - 06.08.22 12:00 - 13:00 London Region CND’s annual Hiroshima Day Commemoration in Tavistock Square 298909
- Hiroshima Day Coalition - REGISTER NOW for the 77th Annual Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Commemoration 2022 298910
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony & Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony 2020 212131
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki CND exhibition: Events 2020 - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament 298897
- IPB/IPPNW Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 15281
- Google NEWS on Hiroshima - censored by the corporate media 15282
- Children's Peace Monument (Hiroshima) - Wikipedia 15284
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - Wikipedia 484131
- Future Memory - Tricycle From Hiroshima to Geneva: Shinichi's Tricycle. 433211
- CND UK - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Events 15285
- Hiroshima- und Nagasaki-Tag 2012 - Events in Germany ! 15286
- Hiroshima Day - Community Relations Education Northern Ireland *pdf 15287
- Prayers & Liturgy - Pax Christi UK 15288
- Events in Australia - Hiroshima Day Committee 15289
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki Events in Aotearoa / New Zealand - Facebook 15291
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial - Wikipedia 484130
- Peace Pagodas (worldwide) - Wikipedia 15293
- Amber Waves of Grain ! - US Nuclear Weapons Exhibition (Archive) 15294
- United for Peace & Justice - Nuclear-free Future Month 15295
- Hiroshima / Nagasaki: iCAN Aotearoa New Zealand film screening in Wellington 15298
- Battersea Park (with Peace Pagoda) - London 15299
- Hiroshima: Never Forget - CND 213911
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki Anniversaries - World Beyond War 483040
- An Evening with a Minuteman: The Mixed Metaphors and Messages at Vandenberg - Nuclear Insanity 05.08.26 521243
- Video: 30th Annual Sadako Peace Day - Waging Peace 20.08.24 429870
- Live streams from Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the moment of silence - ICAN 06.08.24 426298
- Tweet: Heute vor 79 Jahren warfen die USA eine Atombombe über der japanischen Stadt #Hiroshima ab. Ca. 140.000 Einwohner*innen der Stadt starben bis Ende des Jahres 1945. - … 426585
- 79 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: a grim reminder of nuclear annihilation - Pressenza 06.08.24 426587
- Message from UN Secretary-General on 79th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing - The Manichi 06.08.24 426582
- Japan marks Hiroshima anniversary as regional conflicts rage - DW 06.08.24 426581
- Tweet: 79 years ago, a nuclear weapon devastated Hiroshima. But nuclear weapons, and the threat of their use, are not confined to history books. - @antonioguterres 06.08.24 426588
- Tweet: At 8:15am on 6 August 1945, the US dropped the first of two nuclear bombs to be ever used on a population - killing at least 75,000 in the first few hours and tens of … 426584
- Tweet: 79 years ago today, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. - @rosaluxglobal 06.08.24 426589
- Video: Disarmament call marks 79th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing - AP 06.08.24 426583
- Tweet: Olga Karatch from Our House led a peace wave action in Belarus to honor the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and to advocate against nuclear weapons. - @IntlPeaceBure… 426300
- Nie wieder Hiroshima, nie wieder Nagasaki: Jede Atomexplosion schadet Generationen - IPPNW 05.08.24 - de 426586
- Tweet: Like every year, we are excited to join @peace_boat @UNITAR and our Hiroshima/ Nagasaki partners for a live stream on the morning of August 6 & 9 to mark the 79th anni… 426302
- Honoring Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Call for Nuclear Disarmament in Belarus - International Peace Bureau 04.08.24 426301
- 21 states and DC have stepped up to the plate to organize 63 local or virtual Hiroshima – Nagasaki events - Pressenza 03.08.24 426265
- Jeremy Corbin lead speaker at Galway Hiroshima Day Cetemony - @JimLivesey1 03.08.24 426175
- Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 79 years on: CND to mark atomic bombings with warning of increased risks - CND UK 02.08.24 426264
- Tweet: ＼Join us online! 16:30- on August 6th!／Hiroshima for Global Peace and UNITAR will coorganize the panel discussion - @PHiroshimapref 01.08.24 426299
- 78th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Peace Boat 04.08.23 363940
- August 5th: Hiroshima Day Commemoration at the Hudson Valley Park of Study and Reflection - Pressenza 31.07.23 363230
- Marking the Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network 27.07.23 363946
- Our Trip To Japan - NAPF 17.05.23 357408
- Video: Canada, Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty! Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 77th Anniversary Commemoration - World Beyond War 12.08.22 363939
- Live-Stream from Hiroshima: August 6th Commemoration - ICANW 06.08.22 301998
- Join Sheffield Stop the War Coalition at the #HiroshimaDay commemoration in the Peace Gardens - @SheffieldSTW 31.07.22 301999
- To mark Hiroshima 75 we published a map of arms companies in Brussels involved in nuclear weapons production - Agir Pour la Paix 06.08.20 217119
- Y-12 protesters work to change nuclear policy, prevent another Hiroshima 8/13 15300