Anniversary of Contrast: the 75th Year of UN Founding and Atomic Bombings

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is reflecting on two of the most pivotal events in world history on their 75th anniversaries: the founding of the United Nations and the dropping of A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an 11 sign lawn exhibit on the Walnut street side of the Newton Free Library from August 6 to 9.

The exhibit presents several perspectives on the hopes people and organizations held, in 1945, for the future of a global organization committed to maintaining world peace.  The exhibit ends with the Sadako Sasaki story and peace cranes near the library Peace Garden.

You might want to bring a seat.

The exhibit is based on a timeline of events created by three WILPF members and posted on wilpfus.org under the Disarm committee