Concepción Picciotto
Videos
Concepción Picciotto, also known as Conchita or Connie, was a Spanish-born, United States–based peace activist. She lived in Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., on the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenu
Picciotto in 1998
Concepcion Picciotto in 2012
Thomas (activist)
Videos
William Thomas Hallenback Jr., known as Thomas, was an American anti-nuclear activist and simple-living adherent who undertook a 27-year peace vigil – the longest recorded vigil in US history at the t
Concepción Picciotto
…Gravesend section of Brooklyn, New York. She reportedly adopted an infant daughter, Olga, in Argentina in 1973. Picciotto was inspired by fellow activist William Thomas (died 23 January 2009), who originally began the White House Peace Vigil on 3 June 1981. They began protesting on the sidewalk by the White House fence…
Thomas with his dog Sophie
Thomas started the White House Peace Vigil, the longest-running peace vigil in US history, in 1981.