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PROCLAMATION
In August, 1945, atomic bombs instantly reduced the cities of Hiroshima and
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Nagasaki to rubble, taking hundreds of thousands of precious lives.
c~ ' • In June, 1982, the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki called on Mayors from
around the world to join them in working together to press for nuclear
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abolition.
• The program created by the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is called
Mayors for Peace and is currently composed of 6,127 cities in 158 countries
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and regions around the world dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons.
• The City of Ashland declared itself a Nuclear Free Zone by resolution in 1981.%
• The City of Ashland joined the Mayors for Peace in 1998.
• There are currently seven Cities in Oregon who have also joined Mayors for rs ;
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• The current goal of the Mayors for Peace is for a total abolition of all nuclear
weapons by the year 2020.
• This year on August 6 through 9, 2014, Ashland will join cities around the
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world for a Hiroshima - Nagasaki Vigil in order to remember the events of
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NOW THEREFORE, the City Council and Mayor, on behalf of the citizens of
Ashland, hereby proclaim August 6, 2014, as:
"Hiroshima Day"
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and hereby proclaim August 9, 2014, as:
"Nagasaki Day
in the City of Ashland and invite all citizens to participate in the Hiroshima-
Nagasaki vigil activities.
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
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