From Hiroshima to Hope 2003 Photos

Each year since 1985 Seattle's Greenlake has been graced by a beautiful memorial to the victims of the two atomic blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, as well as all victims of violence everywhere. The evening begins with people preparing lanterns and cranes as various speakers, musical performers, etc. make presentations throughout the evening. At dusk people take their lanterns over to the boat dock area and once lit, float them out on the lake, along with their prayers for the victims and for a more just and peaceful world.

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The skeletons for hundreds of lanterns await their calligraphic coverings

View towards the stage with the paper crane folding stations in the foreground early in the evening before it started getting crowded

Anti-nuclear waste activist "Joe" inspects the lantern frames; beyond him and to the right are the Chinese calligraphy stations where people will get their lantern coverings decorated

Close-up of the 'on the ground' paper crane folding group

Close-up of the 'at the table' paper crane folding group

People getting their lantern coverings decorated at the Chinese calligraphy stations

An 'end of the table' view of the Chinese calligraphy volunteers

Event volunteers handing out flyers and event programs to passersby on the Greenlake pedestrian/bike path

A Seattle Peace Group table (someone who knows, please tell us which one)

Seattle Peace Chorus table

Solitary lantern bearer sitting contemplatively on the boat dock where the World Meditation Ensemble will set up later in the evening

More people gather as the Seattle Kokon Taiko drummers perform on stage. Members of the local Sikh community can be seen at a second (Punjabi?) calligraphy station to the right

View of event spectators as more people arrive

Another view of the gathering crowd

People enjoying a piece by the Seattle Kokon Taiko drummers

How many people in this photo can you recognize?

Are there too many Taiko drummer photos? Perhaps.

A view of spectators gathering in the area towards the pedestrian/bike path

Looking towards the crane folding stations (at the right) as people picnic, prepare cranes and lanterns, and socialize

View of the stage as the Arab Children's Dabke Group is being introduced

Jackie Moscou, Artistic Director for the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, as she sings a poem she composed about lost childhood

Do you recognize Jack Well's son, Cliff (?) in this photo? He was also at our potluck in June with his father

Close-up view of some folks in the crowd

Can you spot our own Bob Trutnau? Hint: he's wearing long pants.

Blurry 'long-arm' photo of Vipal Prem with a lantern

The Chinese characters stand for the Japanese word for "Friendship"

A somewhat blurry view of "Friendship" with a lit candle inside

Some of the very first lanterns as they meander out onto the lake

Blurry view of people on the larger boat dock as they bring their lanterns to the lake's edge

View of the longer boat dock from the shore as more people arrive with their lanterns

The World Meditation Ensemble playing a beautiful soundscape on the smaller boat dock as people continue floating their lanterns (outside the frame to the right)

View of the long boat dock as the lanterns continue to flow with prayers on-board

Another view of the World Meditation Ensemble

Mysterious, almost indecipherable photo looking away from the lake as people arrive with their lanterns

From Hiroshima to Hope 2003 Photos - August 6, 2003

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