Donald Trump’s administration has dismantled what is believed to be the U.S.’s longest-standing peace vigil across the street from the White House as part of its “beautification” program for Washington, D.C.
The vigil in Lafayette Park – a simple stand housing anti-war placards, which is shielded from the rain by a large umbrella – was first erected by activist William Thomas in 1981 to demand unilateral nuclear disarmament and has been manned by friends of the originator since his passing in 2009.
