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Gallery: From Pennsylvania, Candlelight Vigil for Sandy Hook
Residents of Lansdale, PA organized a candlelight vigil for the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary Sunday night, where each victim's name was read and a balloon released in their honor
From our colleagues at the Montgomeryville-Landsdale PA Patch:
LANSDALE, PA -- Organized by the west ward neighborhood in Lansdale -- a town of about 16,000 just northwest of Philadelphia -- more than 100 citizens came together at Railroad Plaza in the borough Sunday night — candles aflame — for a vigil for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown.
The most touching part of the evening was the release of green and white balloons upon the reading of each victim's name by resident Drew Stockmal. Resident Lisa Patrick assisted with the balloons.
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"It was powerful, emotional night," said Liberto. "I thought, with the Facebook response, we would see 500, but think it was 400. We had 300 songbooks and passed all of them out."
At the vigil, children and adults donated paper snowflakes for the elementary students to decorate their halls at Sandy Hook. Snowflakes were collected by Morgan Fusca.Â
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Attendees also signed a Christmas card that will be sent to Newtown.
"It was a team effort getting it all pulled together," Liberto said. "Truly, it was a beautiful tribute to those lost in Connecticut."