by Leonard Eiger
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action remembered the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a silent vigil and nonviolent direct action at the Main Gate of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, home to the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U.S.
Approximately 25 people gathered at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action early Monday morning, August 10, 2020. After a blessing by Reverend Jessica Starr Rocker of the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Church and the collective reading of the Pledge of Nonviolence, those gathered walked to the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate, led by Senji Kanaeda and Gilberto Perez, monks from the Bainbridge Island Nipponzan Miyohoji Buddhist Temple.
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