Luminaria mark 79th anniversary of Hiroshima

  • In the early morning dim light on the 79th anniversary of the Hiroshima, Japan, bombing, luminaria, or bags with lights and messages, lit up the area in A.K. Bissell Park around the Friendship Bell. With Oak Ridge now part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, the Park Service has hosted an event at the bell each year that allows visitors to put their own meaning behind the bombing’s anniversary.