- Date
- 2012-12-16
- Kind
- Vigil
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitycommemorationpublic-memory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
A December 16, 2012 forum notice invited Beaver Islanders to a candlelight vigil at Playground Beach in remembrance of the children and educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Evidence limits
The forum preserves the invitation but not attendance, a formal organizer, or a post-event account.
Sources
- The notice invited residents to a brief candlelight vigil at Playground Beach at 5 p.m. after the Sandy Hook tragedy. This is a local community notice, not an attendance or formal-organizer record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005866
- AMVETS Post 46 announced that the Veterans Memorial flags would be flown at half-mast in mourning for the Connecticut tragedy. This is an organizational memorial notice; it does not establish who physically changed the flags or record attendance at the later vigil.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005864
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Islanders hold a candlelight vigil after the Sandy Hook tragedy, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-sandy-hook-vigil-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Vigil,” December 16, 2012. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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