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NEW HAMPSHIRE (in alphabetical order by town)
ANTRIM, NH: Saturdays, 11 AM - Noon. Silent protest - in support of our troops, but against the war. Front of the Antrim Town Hall, Main Street (Route 202). Bring your own sign, or just come stand with me.
BRISTOL, NH: Wednesday Witness for Peace 7:30 pm weekly candlelight vigil
Jct. Rtes 104 and 3A (across from the Post Office in Bristol)
CLAREMONT, NH: Saturdays, Noon to 1 PM. Bring Them Home NOW! vigil. Washington Street, corner of Winter (in front of Rite-Aid). Park at rear of Birney's Mini Mart lot diagonally across the intersection. We have lots of signs OR bring your own.
Contact: Jim Romer 542-6124
CONCORD, NH: Wednesdays, noon - 1 pm. In front of the Concord State House. For more information call 228-0559 DOVER, NH: Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 12 noon. Peace Vigil on the traffic island at the corner of Central Ave. & Washington St. in Dover, sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response and War Resister's League of Southeastern New Hampshire. This vigil will take place as long as the U.S. continues to bomb or in any way attack another country.
Contact: David Diamond at 749-9159 ddiam@ttlc.net or Tom Jackson at 603-498-3580 (cell phone) coffeeanon@yahoo.com.
DURHAM, NH: 2nd and 4th Fridays each month, Noon - 3:00 pm, Memorial Park. For more info contact larry.brickner-wood@unh.edu
EXETER, NH: Thursdays, 5-6 pm: Peace vigil in front of town hall. Contact Peggi McCarthy aquaho@juno.com or Bob Moore bmoore628@comcast.net to find out more. GOFFSTOWN, NH: Wednesdays from 5:30-6pm at the Goffstown Town Common. Neighbors Advancing Nonviolence. All are welcome.
HANOVER, NH: Fridays, 3pm. Sponsored by Youth in Black of Hanover HS Fridays on the Green at 3pm
HENNIKER, NH: Saturdays, 11-11:30am In front of the Congregational Church. Sponsored by the Henniker Peace Group.
KEENE, NH: Saturdays, weekly peace vigil in Keene from 11 am to Noon at Central Square.
LACONIA, NH: Saturday Peace vigil, 10 - 11 am on Peace Plaza in Laconia, at the intersection of Pleasant and Main Streets. Sponsored by The Lakes Region Peace and Justice Group. MANCHESTER, NH: every Thursday from 12-1 on the corner of Mechanic and Elm. Will Thomas is usually there, if you have questions email: willwen@comcast.net. NASHUA, NH: Saturday Peace Vigil, 11-noon at the City Hall Plaza.
NEW LONDON, NH: Friday Peace vigil, 5:30 pm, on the corner of Main Street and Pleasant Street. (2007 summer) Cancelled if its raining hard.
Contact: Sara Smith, 603-526-7506.
PETERBOROUGH, NH: Saturdays, 12 noon-1pm, Vigil for Peace
Rain or shine. We have been holding our weekly peace vigil in Peterborough, at the Peterborough Town House, corner of Main and Grove streets since September 2001.
Contact: Jim Giddings, 603-878-3702, jgiddings@igc.org.
PLYMOUTH, NH: Saturdays, 11:30-12:30 p.m. We leaflet, and have a banner. We use several banners: "The Practice of Peace Leads to Peace" -- Pope John Paul II; "True Peace Is Not Merely the Absence of Tension. It Is the Presence of Justice" -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; How Shall We All Work for Peace? (wording arrived at by Plymouth Area Peace Action following 9 / 11 / 2001). All are welcome on Plymouth Common, across from the Post Office. Contact: Lynn Chong at or chonglyn@metrocast.net 934-6486 for more info. PORTSMOUTH, NH: Fridays, 5-6 pm. Peace Vigil on Market Square, sponsored by Seacoast Peace Response. The vigil is a presence in opposition to U.S. bombing and warfare and to any further expansion of military retaliation.
Contact: Doug Bogen at 430-9565 dbogen@cleanwater.org or Macy Morse at 433-4119 macymorse@aol.com.
ROCHESTER, NH: Fridays, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Silent peace vigil in front of the Parson Main statue on Main St., sponsored by the Department of Peace group and the Farmington Progressive Group. Assemble in the municipal parking lot behind Slim's Tex Mex restaurant. We will have candles and simple peace signs initially to let the passers by know why we are there.
Contact: Pat Frisella frisella@worldpath.net.
WEST LEBANON, NH: Saturdays, 11:30-1pm Peace vigils on the grass in front of the 7-Barrel Brewery
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Ongoing Vigils 
If your vigil is not listed here and you would like it to be listed, send an email with the pertinent information to info@nhpeaceaction.org or call 603.228.0559.
