{"id":312701,"date":"2026-08-03T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:08:11","slug":"manhattan-project-national-historical-park-to-host-days-of-peace-and-remembrance-at-ashley-pond-aug-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/312701\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Project National Historical Park To Host ‘Days of Peace And Remembrance’ At Ashley Pond Aug. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Luminarias glow softly around Ashley Pond. Courtesy\/NHP<\/p>\n

NHP News:<\/p>\n

Manhattan Project National Historical Park (NHP) will host \u201cDays of Peace and Remembrance\u201d across its three sites to commemorate and reflect on the atomic bombings of Japan in 1945. This commemorative programming acknowledges and interprets the conflicting viewpoints, both historical and modern, that surround the development and use of the world\u2019s first atomic weapons. These events provide an opportunity for somber, quiet reflection.<\/p>\n

The Los Alamos, New Mexico site will host a Lights for Peace event at Ashley Pond at 7 p.m. MDT, Aug. 6. Luminarias with messages of peace from the public will be displayed along a path that participants are encouraged to walk for a quiet, contemplative experience. <\/p>\n

Other Manhattan Project NHP sites will host similar community events to commemorate the bombings:<\/p>\n

August 6 (Oak Ridge, TN) \u2014 The Oak Ridge, TN site will host a sunrise bell ringing ceremony at dawn (6:48 a.m. EDT) to commemorate the anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan. This event will take place at the International Friendship Bell in AK Bissell Park and features music from an Oak Ridge Civic Music Association quartet. Members of the public are invited to ring the International Friendship Bell.
\n August 9 (Hanford, WA) \u2014 The Hanford, WA site will host a Lights for Peace event at the Fingernail Stage in Howard Amon Park in Richland, WA at 8 p.m. PDT. The program will feature music from the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, a guest speaker, and an opportunity to ring a peace bell. Luminarias with messages of peace from the public will be displayed along a path that participants are encouraged to walk for a quiet, contemplative experience.<\/p>\n

All Days of Peace and Remembrance events are free, and reservations are not required. Virtual Events \u2013 For those who are unable to attend the August event in person, a virtual bell ringing is available from 6:00 am EDT on August 6 through 11:59 pm PDT on August 9. A virtual Lights for Peace is available year-round.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit the Reflection & Remembrance page on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luminarias glow softly around Ashley Pond. Courtesy\/NHP NHP News: Manhattan Project National Historical Park (NHP) will host \u201cDays…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1882,881,75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-312701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-community","tag-history","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}