vigil

Organizing an annual June 4 vigil in memory of the victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"I believe the vicious media campaign drove him to his death," MP Diane Abbott, the first black woman elected to the UK parliament, told the vigil.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

More than 200 people have attended an emotional vigil in Cambridge to remember the life of Jason Arday.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

In the rectory dining room before the vigil, the burly 85-year-old priest said he wasn’t fazed that his working-class parish has weathered so much since arriving in 1983.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

The extended family had gathered only to realize that the Larsens were missing; the celebration turned into a vigil of worry and prayer.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The Tiananmen vigils, which were held in Hong Kong for decades, were the only large-scale public memorial in China for the victims of the 1989 violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Catholic sisters are playing a key role among clergy and other religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations and vigils at ICE field offices and processing centers in places like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Much of the overtime money the department spent went instead toward preparing for unrest, monitoring protests and vigils, guarding hotels housing federal agents, and managing the public response to federal violence.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Silent prayer vigils, cautiously worded protest banners and T-shirts pleading for neighbourhoods to be spared -- Hanoi residents are showing rare public opposition to a massive redevelopment scheme that could displace hundreds of thousands.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Eventually the body trade grew so reckless that relatives took to holding graveside vigils, lest their loved ones disappear in the night.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead