The Burlington Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Vermont International Film Festival, and Burlington City Arts is sponsoring A Day for Peace—a Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorative event on Thursday, August 5th from 1 to 10 PM at the City Hall Park between College St. and Main St. in Burlington, VT. The event will start at 1 pm, and there will be activities for children and adults, including painting for peace, origami crane folding, sidewalk chalk drawing, a penny spending survey, the telling of the Sadako story, and an information & resources table. These activities will be rotating until 7:30 PM, when there will then be a discussion on the risks and benefits of nuclear weapons and the possibilities for eliminating them, with Dr. John Reuwer until 8:15 PM. From 8:15–10:00 PM, there will be a screening of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. All activities are free. See our event site on FB at: https://fb.me/e/19OGTWnii

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