Hiroshima (by Luke)

    Yesterday we visited Hiroshima. We learned there was a lot of history in that town which was a little weird for me. On August 6th, 1945 at 8:15 a USA fighter plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This was the first ever atomic bomb. It was dropped from 1800 feet in the air and exploded at about 200 feet in the air. It had so much power it burnt down 90% of everything within a 2 kilometer radius. Now known as the A-bomb dome,was the target of the bomb. It was such a powerful structure 2/5 of the building still remains. It was very sad to hear that it had hit innocent people and 2 elementary schools. I was saddened to hear that one of the schools had four-hundred children and only one of them survived.

         I felt really weird going into the museum explaining about the bomb and that day. Because we were some of the only Americans it felt weird because we were the country that had bombed Hiroshima and had put their city into ruins. Because they were in WWII I knew about the Pearl Harbor bombing and how we didn't do this without a purpose but, it still seemed like America was bad. I also realized that it was a normal summer day for them just like any other. At 8:00 all the people in Hiroshima were living their daily life but, at 8:30 the town was in ruins and almost everybody had died. Overall the museum was amazing and full of knowledge but the plan for peace in Hiroshima was amazing. It felt like they had recovered and were tying to practice peace in education. I really liked Hiroshima and learned a lot about our history and how war is just a bad idea.