Over 100 women from across the US gathered by the edge of the Pentagon parking lot on October 20th to hold a peace vigil and mark the beginning of International Disarmament Week.

The four-hour mostly silent vigil was organized by Quaker Women for a Culture of Peace and called for a "transformation from a culture of war to a culture of peace and radical equality."

One common sign read "Women's Half of the Pentagon for a Hospital," a referance to the original intent of the Pentagon during WWII.

Both Quaker and non-Quaker women attended the vigil, some coming from as far as Seattle, WA and Ithica, NY.