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Lantern Floating Ceremony
August 13, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The City of Arcata co-hosts the Lantern Floating Ceremony on Klopp Lake
The 34th Annual Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony on Saturday, August 13, 2016
9am – 1:30pm – Lantern Making at the Arcata Farmer’s Market – Tables will be set up and there will be supplies.
7:00pm – People will gather at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary by Klopp Lake at the This event is an opportunity to offer spiritual consolation for people we miss, departed loved ones, ancestors, cultures and all we hold dear.
This event is also a memorial for all those effected by the WWII bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to bring awareness to the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and to advocate for peace and environmental sustainability.end of South I Street.
Access by shuttle, walking and bicycle! There will be a shuttle from I & Samoa and the Arcata Plaza begining at 6pm. Only handicap parking on site.
Lantern Floating is at Sunset. Mayor Paul Pitino will be presiding. The Raging Grannies will be singing songs.
This is a free event!
All are invited to attend.
Community groups helping to create these events are:
City of Arcata, Humboldt Buddhist Peace Fellowship, GI Rights Hotline, Shinnyo en, Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Action Committee, Veterans For Peace, Humboldt Friends Meeting (Quakers), United States Servas & Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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