The commemoration will involve an international bell ringing via a virtual ceremony.
The first event will occur in Dayton’s sister city of Oiso, Japan on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 8:15 a.m., the exact moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The second event will be on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 11:02 a.m., the exact moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Simultaneous events will occur in Dayton on Aug. 5 at 7:15 p.m., and on Aug. 8 at 10:02 p.m..
The event will be live-streamed via the Dayton Sister City Committee’s Facebook page.
Throughout the U.S. there are 455 sister city/state relationships with Japan, the largest single binational component within the worldwide network.
Dayton recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the sister city relationship with Oiso, the oldest sister-city relationship between a city in Ohio and a city in Japan.
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