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On Nagasaki Day, August 9, about 70 people gathered at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action to mourn and remember. At mid-day, they walked next door to the gate leading into Subbase Bangor, home to the U.S. Pacific Fleet Trident nuclear submarines. A program of music and words included a reading from the memory of a Nagasaki survivor, and the acknowledgement that Trident represents the will to repeat the horror of Nagasaki thousands of times over.

The program included three actions that stopped traffic from entering the base. Five people were stopped at the gate from delivering a letter to the base commander. They were taken into custody and released later in the day with federal ban and bar letters.

Following their arrest, two more groups in succession blocked the road with long banners. "Bangor Closed, Trident Violates International Law" was followed by "The Earth is Our Mother, Treat Her With Respect." Fourteen more people were arrested and taken to the county sheriff's office before being released. Prosecution is not expected due to two past acquittals of Trident resisters in Kitsap County courts.

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