Wednesday, August 6, 2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. We will commemorate this day with a Silent Peace Walk in downtown Cleveland. Eighty people dressed in white, the color of mourning in Japan, will solemnly and meditatively walk from Cleveland Public Library’s Eastman Reading Garden to Willard Park and the Free Stamp. We will remember the Hibakusha, the “bomb-affected people,” seeking water to ease their suffering. At sunset, we will light candle lanterns, declaring our intention that there will never be another nuclear war. No more Hiroshimas! No more Nagasakis! No More Hibakusha!
We need your help. We invite you to SIGN UP HERE to join in the Silent Peace Walk and help us to spread the word so that we can sign up at least 80 walkers.
This 80th anniversary commemoration Silent Peace Walk has been initiated by Cleveland Nonviolence Network, IRTF, and Cleveland Peace Action. We welcome other groups to add their names as endorsers and help sign up walkers.
The walk:
We will gather at 6:30pm at the Eastman Reading Garden immediately adjacent (east side) of the Louis Stokes Wing of Cleveland Public Library (525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 ).
For the first hour, we will have a few gathering activities (fold paper peace cranes, listen to inspiring spoken word, a land welcome/grounding, participate in a centering message to get us into a meditative space). Gathering at the Cleveland Public Library’s Eastman Reading Garden, we will begin our walk (everyone dressed in white) at 7:30pm, meditatively walk from Cleveland Public Library’s Eastman Reading Garden to Willard Park and the Free Stamp. The approximate route is 1.5 miles
PARKING
Parking on Cleveland streets is free after 6pm. Our volunteers have counted approx. 80 free on-street parking spots (not including handicapped spots) on these streets:
Lakeside Ave: in front of City Hall (601 E Lakeside); between E 9th and E 12th; in the parking lot of the Water Department/DoubleTree Hotel (north side of Lakeside at E 12th).
St Clair Ave: between E 6th and E 9th, between E 9th and E 12th.
