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pes L i da “we ae oe olen MAG Et Te eine . — . “ ‘= - MesGrrsandry moruing foliowing # shir: Dusimest emssige e+ 2 bee Le a meeunr ier worship. here was a silent marc. to the White Houst anc 2 vigilain Lafavemne Park. We ae: two Friend: from, Wilmington College (Ohio! who had driver al! nich: with some siucents 16 take part. We four 106, our places in one of the Jong jines standing in uie muc oi the path (ior ii hed been raining ai: morning;. There, each iy. silent mediator we watched the changes of lich: in the s&¥ anc on the White House wnul the rai, stopped, thie sky eppeared, and the sun came @ut to turn the White House and its refecuion in the wer street into a brilliant picture. Bur soor, there were biack clouds and distant thunder and lightning and our vigil was hit by wind and « drenching downpour. Tne guards who had been tanding ar the White House gate. watching us. fled for cover, nd some of ws attempted to huddle under umbrellas, bur, @pite the deluge: we remained on Vigil dll the next “wall . In looking back to tha: fairly spontaneous trip of my grand. Catcher's to Washington almost 10! years ago 1] realize that they “400k the Jong train ride in all expectation of seeing the Presi- ‘dent, and that they were actually escorted on foot to the White House and into President Lincoln's Presence that same day by the Secretary of State. Those who so ably planned our gather-. -ang this February probably had no expectation that any such ametting could ake place today, and no doubt President John- “sermemttris Secretary of State were both far away!) ome Ee es