At 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 6, the Ceremony of Cranes begins with music and reflection and ends at 8:15 a.m. with a moment of silence at the time of the dropping of the bomb. Participants then lay origami peace cranes on trees and bushes at the Peace Garden. This year, Yumiko Yoshikiyo, a native of the Hiroshima, will read the peace proclamation by the mayor of Hiroshima. Ms. Yoshikiyo is spending six months in the Twin Cities talking with student and civic groups about Japanese culture and the effects of the atomic bombing with the NEVER AGAIN campaign. The keynote speaker is Dr. Kosuke Koyama, who was a 15-year-old boy in Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This ceremony has been held at the Peace Garden for over 20 years.