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‘Love Your Neighbor’: Concord Vigil Calls for Unity After Weeks of Violence

The ceremony at Rotary Square honored Charlie Kirk, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, and victims of recent school shootings in Minnesota and Colorado.

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Sep 17, 2025
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Hundreds of people attended a vigil honoring lives lost to violence on Tuesday night at Rotary Square in downtown Concord. Photo credit: Lisa Hill

It has been a troubling few weeks for many Americans.

A mass shooting at a Catholic church in Minnesota left two people dead and dozens injured, a young Ukrainian woman was fatally stabbed on a commuter train in Charlotte, and right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated last week on a college campus in Utah.

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