HIROSHIMA BOMBING REMEMBRANCE

On this day, August 6, in 1945, the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, leading to the end of World War II. Online archives and collections of pictures and stories help to remind us all of that day and it's long-reaching results. (More eyewitness accounts can be found at Eyewitness History and Voice of Hibakusha.) Information can also be found at the website of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Materials that are connected to this event can be found at the Elk Grove Library, including:
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped (2002) [ABC News] (DVD 940.5426 HIR)
Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima (2005) by Stephen Walker (940.5425 WAL)
Rain of Ruin: A Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1995) by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, and J. Michael Wenger (940.5425 GOL)

One of the most famous stories about the results of the bombing is that of the little girl Sadako and her attempt to make 1000 origami paper cranes before she died of leukemia 10 years afterwards. These books are available at the Library for those interested in reading more:
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1977) by Eleanor Coerr (J Biography SASAKI)
One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue (1997) by [Takayuki Ishii] (J Nonfiction 362.1 ISH)

Why not make a paper crane today in remembrance?