Nurtured by parks staff, seeds of HiroshimaB次元官网网址檚 A-Bomb survivor trees grow a new hope in Oak Bay.

From among that stock, the district plans to plant a Saturday near Athlone Court.

B次元官网网址淭he seeds Oak Bay received from Mayors for Peace are from trees that survived the Hiroshima nuclear blast in 1945. The seeds symbolize peace and hope. They have been carefully nurtured into seedlings by Oak Bay Parks staff,B次元官网网址� said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen. B次元官网网址淧lanting them at a location where paths frequently cross in our daily activities will hopefully cause us to reflect on what peace means in our day-to-day lives. Peace like charity starts at home where we live, work and gather.B次元官网网址�

Oak Bay also proclaimed Aug. 6 and Aug. 9 as Nagasaki Memorial Day, to remember the moments when both Japanese cities were razed by atomic bombs more than 70 years ago.

Oak Bay plants the ginkgo sapling grown from the seed of a tree that survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima on Aug. 5 at 10 a.m.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 at an everyday place as a reminder that peace should be part of our everyday lives,B次元官网网址� Jensen said.

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