The Silent Walk was punctuated by the ringing or the Gong on every block between 105 St and 120th street where the walk ended at the Interfaith Church. Live music plus Dances and messages from Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors were the gist of the Peace Day Memorial. Some more coverage of the days event can be seen at Now Public.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945 at 8:15 am which was about 7:15 pm New York time. 60 years later The New York Buddhist Temple held an Interfaith Peace gathering with Gong Ceremony and Silent Walk to comemorate the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombing. Chants and prayers for peace were offered as well as a Thousand Paper Cranes on Universal Peace Day.
