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On the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the U.S. is re-examining the narrative of the bombings (NPR) (Washington Post) (2015 Pew Research). Hiroshima for Global Peace urges people to consider the past and change the future.

Other conversations include: who else was part of this history?

* Time Magazine presents An American Hibakusha (7min on YouTube) by Jared Namba. “Wataru Namba was one of several thousand U.S. born Japanese Americans who were living in Hiroshima when the atomic bomb was dropped. 75 years later, the U.S. government has never recognized these survivors.”

* Densho.org’s Japanese American Hibakusha page and Hibakusha, a short comic about the legacy of the bombing in a Japanese American family.

* Korean forced laborers and other migrants who were victims of the atomic blast.

* U.S. soldiers who were affected by the atomic bomb projects.

Addressing Rhode Island’s State Holiday “Victory over Japan Day” is part of this evolving conversation. #RenameVictoryDay

Thank you and please keep sharing this petition and Amanda Woodward’s parallel petitionn on GoPetition! Rhode Islanders, contact your RI Representatives (list) or RI Senators (list) -- we’ll need your help in the upcoming legislative process!