"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita: 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'
I supposed we all thought that one way or another."
"The bomb has been deliberately placed as close to the center of the building as possible. For me it is the ultimate symbol not only of political power and creative technological development, but also of absolute fear and horror."
- Roger Tolson, curator
"The development and first use of the bomb is the tipping point of the twentieth century. Along with the Holocaust, it showed exactly what humanity was capable of."
- Samantha Heywood, historian
Our bishop was a young boy in London during WWII. He has told us, Richard in particular, many stories about what life was like. I'll save those for another blog post- but he was evacuated from the city twice (children in London were sent to the countryside for safety), had to spend hours in a wet and cold Anderson shelter, and had to ration just like everyone else.