Strolling toward peace: Walkers make 60-mile pilgrimage to Nevada Test Site — PHOTOS
Peace walkers began the annual 60-mile Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday morning, starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site north of the city.
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Peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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A peace walker's hat is shown just before a 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers gather around a circle for group prayer just before their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Nevada Desert Experience co-organizer Robert Majors, left, hugs Jerry Zawada just before he and other peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers Mark Kelso and Carolyn Metzler are blessed with prayer before they and other peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Willie Fragosa, second from right, blesses the peace walkers and their journey using sage and a prayer stick before they begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Willie Fragosa, right, blesses Tami Yuron and other peace walkers using sage and a prayer stick before they begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers gather around a circle for group prayer just before their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers gather around a circle for group prayer just before their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Peace walkers gather around a circle for group prayer just before their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Nevada Desert Experience co-organizer Robert Majors, left in the white shirt, helps hang a banner just before he and other peace walkers begin their 60-mile pilgrimage starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site during the annual Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Signs are seen at the annual Sacred Peace Walk from the National Atomic Testing Museum on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Peace walkers will trek on a 60-mile pilgrimage from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Peace walkers began the annual 60-mile Sacred Peace Walk on Sunday morning, starting from the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site north of the city.
The walkers were blessed by Willie Fragosa, who used sage and a prayer stick before they began their pilgrimage.