March 1: Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day

Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
📅 Saturday, March 1, 2025
⏰ 10:00 AM – Commemoration Speaker
📍 Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka, CA
Balcony overlooking the Golden Rule on Marina’s A Dock
(If weather is too wet/cold, we’ll move to the Humboldt Yacht Club)

⏰ 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Dockside Boat Tours and possibly sailing
📍 A dock, Eureka Public Marina, 1 Marina Way, Eureka, CA
After the commemoration, the Golden Rule will be open for tours! Come aboard and learn more about this iconic vessel’s history and mission.
As weather and space permits, we’ll also offer sailing opportunities throughout the day. Guests can register for available sailing times on our HERE

⏰ 5:00 PM – Cocktail hour at the Humboldt Yacht Club
📍 Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka, CA
– Entrance door on 2nd floor, next to the Bay
We’re thrilled to invite you to the Humboldt Yacht Club’s private cocktail hour near the home port of the Golden Rule. This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow community members and boaters.
– Drink Donations: $5 (proceeds go to the Humboldt Yacht Club).
– Special Guests: You’re invited as our community guests!

 
Join us for a powerful and moving commemoration as we remember the victims of the Castle Bravo nuclear test on March 1, 1954 and all nuclear victims. This event marks the 71st anniversary of the largest nuclear weapon ever tested by the United States—a test that exposed the Marshall Islands to devastating radioactive fallout.

 
This nuclear bomb had a yield over twice what the scientists expected and the wind blew the fallout over populated Marshall Islands. The radiation left a population affected then and now by birth defects, cancers, and the inability to grow food and eat the fish.

 
Remembering All Nuclear Victims
On March 1 each year we remember the victims of radiation – from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, uranium mining/milling/processing, nuclear weapons testing and depleted uranium use.

 
The Golden Rule’s Connection
As the public became aware of the radiation caused by nuclear weapons testing, the Golden Rule’s original crew set sail in 1958 to interfere with the testing and raise public awareness.
As we gather on the balcony overlooking the Golden Rule in Humboldt Bay, we’ll reflect on the boat’s historic mission and its ongoing commitment to nuclear abolition.