Local Oxnard residents, Rosa and John Gascoigne in partnership with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, have arranged a week-long exhibit in downtown Oxnard commemorating the anniversary of the atomic bombings to educate and remind us about the horrors of nuclear war.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, has provided 30 posters and several video presentations IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH.

The city of Oxnard will host the display Aug. 6-13 in memory of the hundreds of thousands of people killed during the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and those who continue to die from radiation effects from nuclear we

The display will be open from noon to 7 p.m. at 519 C St. Admission is free.

Speakers are scheduled for Aug. 6, the date Hiroshima was bombed, and Aug. 9, the date Nagasaki was bombed. On Sunday, August 6, at 2 p.m. Mexican Consul General of Oxnard, the Honorable Fernando Gamboa, will be joined by the head priest of the Oxnard Buddhist Church, who is a former resident of Hiroshima. On Wednesday, August 9, at 6 p.m. we will hear from Japanese Consul General of Los Angeles, the Honorable Yoshiyuki Isoda; Dr. Gabino Aguirre, councilmember and former mayor of Santa Paula and Mayor for Peace; and Pamela Meidell, founder and director of the Atomic Mirror.

There will be speakers and ongoing activities for children throughout the week. Rosa is a both a Japanese American, and a Mexican American. Anyone interested in volunteering as a docent would be welcomed with open arms.

For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Rosa Gascoigne at 487-7831.