Historic Shiloh Baptist Church was host to a major vigil ceremony in Washington, D.C. The event, organized by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, featured a number of special guest speakers including Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Rep. Jim Moran and Brady Campaign Acting President Dennis A. Henigan among other noted speakers. The crowd also heard moving words from Nardyne Jeffries, who lost her 16-year-old daughter in a March 2010 mass shooting in Washington, DC; William Kellibrew, who lost a mother and brother in a shooting when he was 10; and Colin Goddard, who survived being shot four times at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.
In addition to the audience in attendance at the church, viewers across the world has access to the ceremony as the event was streamed live over the Internet.
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