A key piece of a decades-long peace vigil outside the White House was removed after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down, but activists say they will continue to share their message.

The vigil has been sitting outside the White House since 1981, and so have the volunteers who run it.

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Neil Cousins is one of them.

“We promote peace,” he said.

The vigil was originally started all those decades ago to protest nuclear weapons, but today it looks a little different.

Law enforcement officials removed part of the vigil Sunday. The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the administration’s ongoing clearing of homeless encampments across D.C.

“He said

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