Parallels

Tonight is another vigil at the park near Clarendon Metro station, the same place the vigil mentioned in the first post on this blog took place. The Society of Friends is again one of the sponsors for this vigil. Again, it's to bring a group of people home. There are, as you'd probably surmised, one or two significant differences.

Tonight's vigil is for the four peace activists who have been kidnapped in Iraq, rather than the American soldiers fighting there. The stated condition for their safe return, the release of a large number of Iraqi prisoners, is unlikely to be met; Bush has said that we do not negotiate with terrorists, (though we have a long history of doing so). Just the same as with our other fellow citizens, I hope for their return, but my own thoughts as to why they were taken are dark, and leave me filled with foreboding. Tonight from 7:00-9:00pm, please hold a candle and whatever beliefs you have, and offer a warm thought, a prayer, or a few whispered words to the hope of their safe return.

Wednesday Dec. 7th, 7:00-9:00pm
Langley Hill Monthly Meeting (Quakers)
Clarendon Metro Stop
Wilson Blvd & Clarendon Blvd.
Arlington VA 22201
Contact: Jeannette Smith
www.quaker.org/langleyhill
Open area at the subway stop, open park area between 2 major streets