Monday, August 6 - HIROSHIMA DAY OF REMEMBRANCE & RESISTANCE AT LOCKHEED MARTIN [world's largest weapons corporation, U.S.'s chief nuclear and space weapons contractor, and the Iraq War's chief profiteer]in Valley Forge, PA (Mall & Goddard Boulevards, Valley Forge/King of Prussia, PA - behind the King of Prussia Mall) 8AM (Hiroshima bombing occurred at 8:02am) - Noon, Bell-Tolling Vigil, with banners, puppets, Hiroshima and nuclear age graphics, and hourly siren blast; Noon - Commemoration with music, readings, broadcast of audio account of the Hiroshima bombing 62 years ago, "DIE-IN" dramatization, and Nonviolent Resistance (those willing to face arrest for nonviolent civil disobedience need to call the Brandywine Peace Community, 610-544-1818, by July 28 and attend a preparation and planning meeting in Philadelphia. Lockheed Martin in Valley Forge is Headquarters to the corporation's Management & Data Systems which, among numerous weapons systems, produces fire-control systems for Tomahawk cruise missiles and battlefield computer systems used in Iraq. Lockheed Martin is an ongoing focus of the Brandywine Peace Community's 30 year campaign of nonviolent direct action.

On Thursday, August 9, 6PM, the Brandywine Peace Community will also hold a NAGASAKI DAY PEACE DEDICATION on the steps of SS Peter & Paul Roman Catholic Cathedral*, 18th & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila., PA (August 9, 1945, the Urakami Roman Catholic Cathedral was ground zero for the Nagasaki bombing which destroyed at the time the largest Catholic city in all of Asia). Click here for more details about that event.