Civic Visit to Leeds from the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Pictures from the Tree Planting Ceremony in Par Square Sunday 19 October 2003

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 Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba planting the peace tree

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Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba from Hiroshima (left) and Mayor Iccho Itoh from Nagasaki (right)

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Mayor Iccho Itoh finishes the planting

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 The mayors unveil the plaque

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 Cllr Michael McGowan addresses those present

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 The 'Last Post' and one minute silence to remember the victims of conflicts since 1945

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 Greenham Women (now part of the Menwith Hill Women's Campaign) were present

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 The Deputy Lord Mayor  of Leeds, Cllr Alison Lowe with the 'Peace Flame'

 

See: Message from the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba

 

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