On August 6 every year, Hiroshima Day is observed. This is a day of remembrance of the first atomic bombing of the world by the United States in the city of Hiroshima.
It is not a day of celebration but a day of remembrance. There are several events organized to remember the nuclear on Hiroshima as well as Nagasaki. The majority of events include making people aware of nuclear attacks, reading, ringing peaceful bells, silence and prayers.
On this day, the peaceful ceremony is organized and in 2019, it will be organized at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. To remember the first atomic attack, approximately 50,000 local citizens, reporters, travelers, and ambassadors meet.
Not only, this but Lantern Ceremony is also organized on this day where lanterns carrying written messages of peace are sent into the river.
History of Hiroshima Day
On August 6, 1945, in Hiroshima during World War 2 more than a quarter of a million people died due to the catastrophic nuclear bomb explosion by the USA. Another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki city of Japan on August 9, 1945. Over 2, 00,000 people died and many were injured in this attack.
During the Second World War, Japan was against America and its allies including Britain and the Soviet Union. The allies were winning the war and Japan was pushed back from several locations. Japan had been at war for so many years and several soldiers were dying every day. As result countries near to it like China and Japan together attacked America. Japanese troops were so cruel that the soldiers of Britishers and Americans who had surrendered were treated badly by the Japanese soldiers.
The president of US Harry S Truman wanted to surrender to Japanese soldiers as quickly as possible so that he could save lives. So for that, he threw a nuclear bomb with a view that Japanese while seeing the destruction will surrender.
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