80 Years Later: The Atomic Bomb, Maryland and Nuclear Abolition
Sunday, August 10, 2025
1 – 3 pm
Parkway Theatre
About this event:
80 years ago, on August 6th and August 9th, 1945, the US government dropped the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in warfare on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This teach-in will remember these events through a series of short films featuring:
- Marylanders who had a direct part in the bombing and aftermath
- An interview with one of the most famous hibakusha (survivors)
- An animated depiction of what nuclear war would mean in 2025
- Local and worldwide efforts to prevent nuclear war and achieve nuclear abolition
- With the help of knowledgeable panelists, we will consider whether these weapons can be eliminated, and learn what role we the people, the media and elected officials can play.
Free and open to the public
Sponsors: Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility; Prevent Nuclear War Maryland; Asian Arts and Culture Center- Towson University; Pax Christi Baltimore; Baltimore Chapter of World Beyond War; Maryland Peace Action and Working Group on War and Militarism (under Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Quakers)
Register here: https://www.mobilize.us/backfromthebrink/event/814062/