Eye - 12 September 2014

From remembrance to a reunion

by Eye 12th September 2014

Peace and remembrance

On 3 August Bradford Meeting planted the first tree of a new Peace Garden. Chris Butler, a local Friend, wrote to Eye about the day:

‘Following Meeting for Worship, a cherry tree was planted in the newly cleared garden at the rear of the Meeting house.

‘The tree was planted in remembrance of the American bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 [respectively]. Over 180,000 people were killed, almost entirely civilians.