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Candlelight vigil in Cumming honors three killed in Charlottesville
Vigil for Charlottesville
A vigil was held in Cumming in remembrance of Heather Heyer, a counter-protester, and two Virginia State Police officers who were killed Aug. 12 following a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. - photo by Jim Dean
Racial strife and partisanship have been topics of contention in Forsyth County for years, both being discussed and subdued, but over the weekend the tone of a group of politicians, officials and activists holding a candlelight vigil in downtown Cumming was more somber and one of healing.