White House Protester, Who Held A Peace Vigil For More Than 30 Years, Dies

White House Protester, Who Held A Peace Vigil For More Than 30 Years, Dies

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Concepcion Picciotto, a protester who held a keep a peace vigil outside the White House for more than three decades, has died. NPR spoke with her in 1985. The Washington Post speculated that she held the longest-running act of political protest in U.S. history.

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