Half a dozen of us throughout the vigil. On this day in 1945 the United States dropped the first-ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima Japan. And we are still at war 66 years later.
Just at the end of the hour a young man stopped by. He said, "I've got something to say to you. And before I say it, I want to say that I don't want to be an a***. I have walked by you several times, and your presence here is a deep insult to my brother-in-law, who died in Iraq." The young man turned to leave, but one of the vigilers, a veteran, caught him and was able to explain at least that the vigil intended no disrespect to his brother-in-law. We hope that there was some reconciliation in the encounter.
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