The town held a Remembrance Vigil at the Canton Peace Pole on June 16, 2016 to honor those killed in the Orlando Nightclub Shooting earlier in the week. Photo by John Fitts
The Rev. Linda Spiers, rector of Trinity Episcopal in Collinsville speaks at the Vigil. Photo by John Fitts
Rabbi Mendel Samuels, rabbi of Chabad of the Farmington Valley, read Deuteronomy 6:4-9 in Hebrew and English. Photo by John Fitts
The Rev. Wendell Taylor, pastor of Burlington Congregational, read from Matthew 5:1-12. Photo by John Fitts
Khamis Abu-Hasaballah, from the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center, read from the Qur'an Al-Fatiha (the opening). Photo by John Fitts
The Rev. Brenda Pelc-Faszca, interim past of First Congregational Church of Canton Center, speaks at the event. Photo by John Fitts
The Rev. James Wheeler, of Collinsville Congregational and Rev. Amy Johnson, of Canton Community Baptist, read a Litany for Violence Prevention. Photo by John Fitts