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• August 2023 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil
  Our 38th Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil was held Aug. 6 & 9 in Ashland, Oregon in cooperation with Peace House, South Mountain Friends Meeting and Ashland Congregational United Church of Christ. Peace House Flyers, Local coverage from Ashland.news Link 1, Link 2

• GLH Peace Tree Dedication
  The Ginkgos planted two years ago at Klamath Falls High School were dedicated on May 20th. We have added more pictures of the tree and the event, including artwork made by the students.

• Peace Camellia Dedication in Ashland
  The Camellia planted last March in the Japanese Garden in Lithia Park was been dedicated on May 13th. We have pictures of the tree and the formal tea ceremony held in the newly renovated Japanese Garden at Lithia park. Photosheet

• GLH Peace Tree Dedication
  Hideko attends the dedication of the Ginkgo tree planted at the ODF headquarters in Salem, Oregon.

• August 2022 Vigil
  OSDI continues our involvement and sponsorship of Ashland's annual August Vigil to remember the victims of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year's vigil coincided wth the dedication of a Green Legacy Peace Tree at Ashland's Thalden Pavilion.
  Flyer, Photosheet, Photosheet (with captions), Video (vigil and Peace Tree dedication).

• January 2022 Newsletter
  Work continues on our Green Legacy Hiroshima efforts with more Peace Tree dedications this year. Hideko's revisions to her memoir, the namesake of the organization, have been completed and she is working with an academic publisher to make the book available soon.

• January 2021 Newsletter
  Our Green Legacy Hiroshima project continues in earnest despite the challenges of 2020 with more plantings and dedications and news coverage for the 75th anniversary of the bombing.

• August 2020 Newsletter
  The August Vigil approaches, Hideko visits Washington D.C., and many of our Green Legacy Hiroshima trees have been planted.