Lanterns for Peace is Milwaukee's annual commemoration of the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The event begins at 5:30pm on Aug. 4 with family activities (including the making of traditional paper Japanese lanterns) and world music and dance. Music this year features the Okinawan TaikoDrummers fo Wisconsin and K.T.'s Universal Love Band.

The solemn commemorative program begins at 7:30pm featuring Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a member of Mayors for Peace.

At 8:30 there is the floating of hundreds of the candlelit Japanese lanterns on the Milwaukee River to remember the victims of the atomic bombs and to symbolize the light of hope for a nuclear-free world.