We board a trolley in the city we are looking for in today’s Geo Quiz. We’ll cross two rivers. And we’ll pass a shopping street that you could easily mistake for New York or Los Angeles. The trolley was packed today with thousands of people from all over the world. They were on their way to an annual ceremony. It commemorated an event that led to the end of World War II.
The Peace Memorial Park
The ceremony was held, as it is every year, in the city’s Peace Memorial Park. Addressing a crowd of 50,000 people, the city’s mayor urged global leaders to support Barack Obama’s call to abolish nuclear weapons.
The mayor said: Together we can abolish nuclear weapons. Yes we can.
The name of the city?
Well, that’s the answer to today’s Geo Quiz…
64 years ago today, the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. That’s the answer to today’s quiz.
Reporter Linda Matchan of the Boston Globe recently visited the Atomic Bomb Dome in the Peace Memorial Park. Listen:
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Also, listen to our four-part series “Hiroshima’s Survivors: The Last Generation” from Patrick Cox.
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