US School Shooting Remembered With Washington Vigil
Hundreds solemnly gathered in Washington's National Cathedral to mark the first anniversary of the Newtown school massacre and demand tougher action to halt gun violence.
Via AFP:
Hundreds solemnly gathered in Washington's National Cathedral to mark the first anniversary of the Newtown school massacre and demand tougher action to halt gun violence in the United States.
Pop icon Carole King performed her 1977 song "In the Name of Love" on the piano at the late-afternoon vigil, which organizers hoped would pull the media spotlight away from the New England town where 20 first-grade pupils and six educators were killed.
Poignantly, the event also heard a violin and piano rendition of "Imagine" by John Lennon, shot and killed in New York 33 years ago this month.
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