Princeton Peace Vigil
Princeton, Illinois
The Princeton Peace Vigil started in January 2002 by members of Plow Creek community in response to the US
attack on Afghanistan. We stand outside the Bureau County
Courthouse each Wednesday from 11:30 to 12:30 prayerfully holding signs
for peace. The vigil organizers come from a Christian pacifist
perspective, but others who oppose the current wars are welcome to
join
us. Or if you support war, come and talk with us.
When we started we had many express opposition to us. By 2007 we
had a lot more supportive honks than upraised middle fingers. But
we have had occassion to literally "bless those who curse you." (Luke
6.28)
Come join us. Bring your own peaceful non-political, non-hostile
sign, or use one of ours.
The Illinois Valley Voice
has an article about the vigil with more pictures here: Christians
Protest for Peace in Princeton
Location:
The Bureau County Courthouse is at 700 S Main St in Princeton,
IL. We stand on the Southwest corner of the N Park Street and
Main Street intersection. Princeton is on I-80, at exit 56
(labled Dixon Princeton & IL-26) (so about 56 miles east of the
Quad Cities: Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, & Bettendorf), 117
miles west of Chicago, 57 miles north of Peoria, or just 19 west of
Peru and La Salle.
Bureau County, IL is in
North Central Illinois, between Henry County to the west and La Salle
County on the east, and between Lee County on the north and Stark,
Marshall and Putnam Counties on the south.
Here is the MapQuest
map. You can get directions there.
For further information email Jim Foxvog at foxvog@plowcreek.org or Jim
Fitz at jimfitz2(at)gmail.com
A related ministy is Jim's Peacemaking,
a work by Jim Fitz
