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The White House Peace Vigil, June 2006 The vigil in July 2012. The White House Peace Vigil is an anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil started by William Thomas in 1981. [1] Thomas believed it to be the longest running uninterrupted anti-war protest in U.S. history.
A vigil, from the Latin vigilia meaning 'wakefulness' (Greek: pannychis, [1] παννυχίς or agrypnia [2] ἀγρυπνία), [3] is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance. The Italian word vigilia has become generalized in this sense and means 'eve' (as in "on the eve of the war").
Wong returned to music when asked to join a tour in 2019 with Vigil of War, a band started by Wong's She Demons bandmate Alicia Vigil, who is also bassist for DragonForce. At this point Wong says she hadn't played guitar for three years and had only a few weeks to practise before the tour, but that it rekindled her love for music. [13] [4] [7]
Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company's headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel's war with Hamas. The two employees told The ...
Vadym Prystaiko, speaking at a vigil to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion, insisted Ukrainian people are ‘confidently looking at our future’. Ukrainians have not lost optimism after ...
Gallup Poll showing US change from majority approval (Nov. 2023) to majority disapproval (March 2024) of Israeli military action in Gaza. [2]Protests, including rallies, demonstrations, campaigns, and vigils, relating to the Israel–Hamas war have occurred nationwide across the United States since the conflict's start on October 7, 2023, occurring as part of a broader phenomenon of the Israel ...
Vigil for Peace in Hamburg, 23 June 2014. Vigils for Peace (German: Mahnwachen für den Frieden) is the name of regular series of vigils that have taken place on Mondays in many cities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since March 2014.
Thomas started the White House Peace Vigil, the longest-running peace vigil in US history, in 1981.. William Thomas Hallenback Jr., known as Thomas (March 20, 1947 – January 23, 2009), was an American anti-nuclear activist and simple-living adherent who undertook a 27-year peace vigil – the longest recorded vigil in US history at the time, with the title passing to his co-protester ...