The PeaceWorks Park vigil was an anti-war protest action that occurred in Gas Works Park beginning Sunday, August 26, 1990 and carrying on through the end of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War Gulf War. Throughout this period of over six months, including the cold of winter, there was a continuous 24-hour-a-day vigil in the park in opposition to the military buildup and the war itself. Although the core of the vigil was a group of 25-50 dedicated, mostly young, activists, among the people who would participate in the vigil at one point or another were former congressman and future governor Mike Lowry, then-city-councilperson Sue Donaldson, sixties icon Timothy Leary, and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
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| - The PeaceWorks Park vigil was an anti-war protest action that occurred in Gas Works Park beginning Sunday, August 26, 1990 and carrying on through the end of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War</a> Gulf War. Throughout this period of over six months, including the cold of winter, there was a continuous 24-hour-a-day vigil in the park in opposition to the military buildup and the war itself. Although the core of the vigil was a group of 25-50 dedicated, mostly young, activists, among the people who would participate in the vigil at one point or another were former congressman and future governor Mike Lowry, then-city-councilperson Sue Donaldson, sixties icon Timothy Leary, and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
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| - The PeaceWorks Park vigil was an anti-war protest action that occurred in Gas Works Park beginning Sunday, August 26, 1990 and carrying on through the end of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War</a> Gulf War. Throughout this period of over six months, including the cold of winter, there was a continuous 24-hour-a-day vigil in the park in opposition to the military buildup and the war itself. Although the core of the vigil was a group of 25-50 dedicated, mostly young, activists, among the people who would participate in the vigil at one point or another were former congressman and future governor Mike Lowry, then-city-councilperson Sue Donaldson, sixties icon Timothy Leary, and beat poet Allen Ginsberg.
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