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Doylestown Quakers seek disarmament on Hiroshima Day

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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.

At a vigil at State and Main streets in Doylestown Borough, the Quakers distributed origami peace cranes, in a tradition begun by Hiroshima survivor Sadako Sasaki, who folded hundreds of cranes before her death at the age of 12 per a legend that suggested those who folded 1,000 cranes could have a wish granted.


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