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Special Event

Event

Lights for Peace (Tri-Cities, WA)

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Fingernail Stage in Howard Amon Park (80 Lee Blvd, Richland, WA 99352)

Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, August 9, 2024

Time:

8:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour

Type of Event

Campfire/Evening Program
Other

PDT

Description

On August 9 at 8:00 pm PDT, the park will host Lights for Peace at the Fingernail Stage in Howard Amon Park in Richland, Washington. The program will feature music from the Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, a guest speaker, and an opportunity to ring a peace bell. Visitors will also have an opportunity to walk a path lit with luminarias for a quiet, contemplative experience based on their own personal reasons for participating.
 
We are offering this Lights for Peace experience to mark the atomic bombings of Japan in the final days of World War II and to recognize the historical trauma of these events. Lights for Peace aims to provide an opportunity to remember and reflect on these world-changing events of 79 years ago.

More information

Reservation or Registration: No

Contact Information

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

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Image Gallery

Glowing pink and orange sky behind a cone-shaped stage with many people on it and in grass in front.
A young girl rings a bell on a wooden post outside.
An outdoor night shot of a line of 18 white paper bags lined up and lit sitting in the grass.
Glowing pink and orange sky behind a cone-shaped stage with many people on it and in grass in front.
Lights for Peace at Howard Amon Park in Richland, WA.
NPS
A young girl rings a bell on a wooden post outside.
Ring the peace bell at Lights for Peace in Howard Amon Park.
NPS/Burghart
An outdoor night shot of a line of 18 white paper bags lined up and lit sitting in the grass.
View messages of peace written by the public on luminarias around Howard Amon Park.
NPS/Burghart