Newtown Will Hold Candlelight Vigil, In Solidarity With Uvalde

Newtown CT

25 May, 2022

5:54 PM

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NEWTOWN, CT — The Newtown Interfaith Council and the Newtown Action Alliance will be hosting a candlelight vigil on Thursday at 6 p.m. The vigil is meant to show solidarity with the Uvalde, TX, community where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers, and wounded 17 others at an elementary school, according to state authorities. The incident is eerily reminiscent of a similar gun violence episode in 2012 when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The vigil will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, in Newtown. Expected to attend are: Reverend Andrea Castner Wyatt, Trinity Episcopal ChurchLori Miller, Newtown United Methodist ChurchJohn or Margo Woodall, Bahai CommunityReverend Matthew Crebbin, Newtown Congregational ChurchEman Beshtawii, Islamic CommunityPo Murray, Newtown Action AllianceSen. Richard Blumenthal