In the absence of special events, the plane that bombed Hiroshima will quietly remain on display at the National Air & Space Museum's airport annex.

Ari Beser’s grandfather was on the two B-29 bombers that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Finally there have been the frustrations of recent years, as the hope of a world without nuclear weapons has receded ever farther into the distance. PREMIUM Illustration: Lan Truong This year’s ...