Celebration of the UN International Day of Peace
This Ginkgo tree is a gift to New Haven from Japan.
Jim Pandaru hold the umbrella for New Haven Peace Commission representative Al Marder. (photo: Aaron Goode)
It is a sapling survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945, and was planted in the United Nations Peace Garden (Ella Grasso Boulevard and Legion Avenue) on Sept. 18 at the opening of the International Day of Peace celebration in the West River neighborhood.
Neighbors at the ceremony. (photo: Aaron Goode)