Thursday, January 14, 2021
More than 65 people stood in silent vigil for about a half-hour Jan. 10 along Savannah Road in Lewes. The masked group stood in two socially distanced rows, many with homemade signs, in support of democracy and the U.S. Constitution. The demonstration was held less than a week after a group of insurrectionists was unsuccessful in its attempt to stop the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The vigil was organized in part by the Rev. Canon Mark Harris of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Second Street in Lewes. Also involved in the demonstration were members of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice, and members of mayor and city council.