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Advisory/Release
(Update)
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August 3, 2005
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/ | \ even in ASCII,
( | ) peace comes in
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for more information, contact:
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John Anthony La Pietra
269-781-9478
jalp@internet1.net
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Cranes for Peace
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On the 60th anniversary
of the bombing of Hiroshima . . .
join us in hanging up 1,000 symbols of peace --
and let's talk about what we can do
to hang up on war.
Cranes for Peace
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Marshall Peace Park
(south side of Michigan Avenue,
1-1/2 blocks east of the fountain)
10am Saturday, August 6
peace comes with
signs & symbols
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WHEN: Saturday, August 6 * 10am
WHERE: Marshall Peace Park
south side of Michigan Avenue,
1-1/2 blocks east of the fountain
The Peace Park features a peace pole and
markers honoring Marshall's Sister City
relationship with Kôka-Chô, Japan.
WHO: John Anthony La Pietra, Calhoun County
coördinator for the Green Party of Michigan
(GPMI), will emcee the event. Members of
other area groups working for peace have
been invited to join in. Individuals who
want to work for peace are welcome to attend.
WHAT: Hanging of 1,000 (or more) origami cranes
on the 60th anniversary of the atom-bomb
attack on Hiroshima. The La Pietra family
has done this for the past several years
at Marshall's Peace Park -- and John has
delivered one set of cranes to Hiroshima,
hanging them at the monument to radiation
victim Sadako Sasaki.
Cranes are a symbol of good luck and peace;
there is a Japanese legend that anyone who
folds 1,000 cranes gets a wish granted. 50
years ago, Sadako -- a 2-year-old living in
Hiroshima when the bomb hit -- started folding
cranes . . . hoping to get her wish, recover
her health, and run again. Unfortunately,
she was still several hundred cranes short
of 1,000 when she died of radiation poisoning
on October 25, 1955.
http://www.sadako.org/sadakostory.htm
WHY: To come together and hang up 1,000 (or more)
cranes as a symbol of our wish for peace --
and, after that, to stay together for a while
and talk about what we can do together to
hang up on war. At least one project for
people across the state of Michigan will be
formally announced, along with a Web page
where project materials can be found on line;
other local, state, and/or national projects
will also be discussed.
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DIRECTIONS:
Marshall's Peace Park is on the south side of Michigan
Avenue, 1-1/2 east of the town's fountain -- a landmark
on a big circle intersection at the west edge of downtown.
You can get to that circle:
* from the west by taking Exit 36 (Business
Route 94/Michigan Avenue) off I-69 and
heading east into town (1.3-1.4 miles);
* from the north by taking Exit 110 (Old US
27) off I-94 and heading south into town
(1.5-1.6 miles); or
* from the east by taking Exit 112 (Partello
Road/[to] Business Route 94) off I-94
and heading west into town (about 2-1/4
miles . . . but if you do that, you'll
not only have passed all three downtown
stoplights, you'll have passed the Peace
Park -- it's a block and a half *east*
of the fountain).
There are parking lots behind most of the storefronts
on both sides of the three main downtown blocks of
Michigan Avenue.
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Other Contacts:
Green Party of Michigan
548 S Main St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-663-3555
info@migreens.org
posted to web 04 August 2005