Candlelight Vigil Tonight on Tewksbury Town Common for Newtown Victims
Event organized by resident who wanted to come together as a community for the victims and their families.
A Tewksbury resident is organizing a candlelight vigil to remember the 27 victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Friday. Twenty children were killed in the attack, as well as six adults. A 27th victim, the mother of alleged shooter Adam Lanza, was found murdered at her home. The candlelight vigil is scheduled to begin tonight (Saturday, Dec. 15) at 7 p.m. on the Tewksbury Town Common. The organizer of the event, who asked that her name not be published, said she felt sadness and helplessness in the wake of the tragedy and that she felt compelled to do something for the victims and their families. Here is a text of the email she is circulating, announcing the vigil: "What to do when you don't know what to do ... I'm so sad …
Trish Bourne
10:05 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
And of course, thanks to this wonderful community for being caring members of humankind who changed up their plans in honor of those who experienced such profound lost. Tewksbury rocks!! more ›