Tuesday’s rain didn’t dampen the Doylestown Friends Quaker Meeting’s commitment to abolishing nuclear weapons on the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Peace activist Shiho Burke, whose family’s first-hand experience of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima – including her mother’s survival – both informs and drives her work.

August 6 will mark the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed by the Aug. 9 bombing of Nagasaki.

Pennswood Village, the Quaker-founded retirement and health care community in Newtown, recently held a rededication of its Peace Pole. In 2001, Pennswood Village installed a Peace Pole in front of its …

The public is invited to join Doylestown Friends Quaker Meeting in its annual observance of Hiroshima Day at the intersection of State and Main Streets in Doylestown between noon and 2 p.m. Sunday, …