Word: vigils
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hundreds of candles flickered on the Cambridge Common last night as more than 1000 people participated in a vigil calling for an end to the Vietnam...
...however, Moratorium activities accounted for small percentages of student bodies. At Texas Tech 300 of 19,500 students demonstrated; at Oregon State about 1,000 of 15,000 turned out to hear talks; at Temple University about 1,000 students out of a total of 34,000 attended a vigil...
Preceding the end of the hour-long vigil, Elmer H. Brown of the Cambridge Friends Meeting asked the crowd to extinguish their candles in the ground and stand for a brief silent vigil. As the smoke rose into the air, Bishop Thomas J. Riley gave the benediction...
Last night, Congressmen supporting the Moratorium kept the House of Representatives in session until shortly after 11 p.m. Opponents of an all-night vigil succeeded in forcing an adjournment by a close vote...
Every Cambridge church has at least two services planned for today. A "Peace Celebration," featuring dance and music as well as a speech by Mendelsohn andreadings, will begin at noon in Memorial Church. A vigil and candle-watch on the Cambridge Common will follow memorial services conducted this evening in all Cambridge churches...