Pictures of Charlottesville United in Mourning Are Heartbreaking and Hopeful
As the nation reeled over the white supremacist and neo-Nazi march that took place on Aug. 11 and 12 and left three dead in Charlottesville, VA, those who remained came together as a community.
People held hands and hugged at the site where 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. drove into a crowd of protesters and killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer. It was not the only one in the nation; many vigils were held across the US as well as counterprotests.
Ahead, see photos of the powerful vigil.
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A crowd gathered at the site of the car crash.
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A memorial for Heather Heyer.
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Marcus Martin, who was injured in the crash, attended the vigil.
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A man wrote a thoughtful message at the vigil.
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People hugged . . .
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. . . and held hands at the vigil.
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