Above: One thousand origami cranes hang from the ceiling at an art exhibit at Beads of Courage, 3230 N. Dodge Blvd., in Tucson. Community volunteers gathered Thursday to create the hand-folded paper ...

U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan has asked local residents to fold paper cranes. When Houlahan was in Japan recently, she visited peace memorials in Hiroshima featuring thousands of handmade origami cranes.

NOEL BRINKERHOFF [email protected] Jun 14, 2017 Jun 14, 2017 AMERICAN CANYON —Two days before the end of the school and the beginning of summer break, American Canyon High School ...

The legend of a thousand origami cranes was popularized through the story of Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who was only two years old when a US B-29 plane dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima MOSCOW, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. In Japanese culture, the crane symbolizes longevity and happiness. It’s said that if someone folds a thousand ...