MOLINE– August 6th marks the 72nd anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The Hope United Church of Christ held a special service ca...

MOLINE-- August 6th marks the 72nd anniversary of the bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

The Hope United Church of Christ held a special service called Prayer's for Peace.

More than one thousand folded paper cranes hung from the church's ceiling during the service.

Each folded paper crane contained a prayer.

Organizers say it's to remind people to bring peace during the difficult times and the rising tensions in the world.

"This might inspire people to understand that though Hiroshima is a long ways away from Moline or the Quad Cities we have to as a world embrace the thought of peace," says Mary Tallitsch, Hope United Church of Christ.

The paper cranes were inspired from the story of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.