Washington DC On Sunday At exactly 7:02 PM, peace activists Philipos Melaku-Bello and Cliff Roberts sit quietly at the Peace Vigil in front of the North Portico of the White House. They mark the moment when 72 years ago the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. But this […]
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Washington, DC — Whenever the President looks out from the North Portico side of the White House, he can see his nearest neighbor seated in front of the white tent of the Peace Vigil. Its plastic canvas is silhouetted against the lawn of Lafayette Park, which is lined with tulip […]
The future of the longest-running peace protest in the U.S. recently came into question when its co-founder, Concepcion Picciotto, passed away on January 25. Picciotto was largely responsible for keeping the anti-nuclear vigil in front of the White House going since its beginning in August 1981. Long dreaded, her death […]
Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson was among over 300 who met at the White House on Sunday, August 9, to embark on a bike ride around Washington, DC, exactly 70 years after the second nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan in World War II. The bike riders followed […]
For a few short hours, a familiar sight was missing from Lafayette Park. The White House Peace Vigil was temporarily dismantled by Park Police after the activist attending it abandoned it last night. The Peace Vigil has stared at the White House for 32 years, possibly the longest-running peace vigil […]