Burlington vigil draws up to 2K to honor Orlando victims
Burlington's vigil Monday evening to honor Orlando's dead and wounded reached a crescendo at about 7 p.m., when Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., urged a crowd of hundreds to create "a nation based on love."
The event began quietly, two hours earlier, at the First Unitarian Univeralist Society on Pearl Street.
About a dozen folk came inside. They murmured words of comfort, lit candles and embraced. Several dozen more people followed.
Minister Mara Dowdall welcomed newcomers to "a sacred silence" in remembrance of those gunned down early Sunday morning at Pulse, a gay nightclub.
Thirty minutes later, singing filled the sanctuary: "There is More Love Somewhere," a traditional African American hymn, was followed by Holly Near's "We are a Gentle, Angry People."
