A vigil was held in Windsor to show solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia and “any other communities and individuals who face persecution at the hands racism, bigotry, anti-semitism and xenophobia.”

The Vigil for Peace Love and Healing took place from 8 p.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday next to MacKenzie Hall at Sandwich and Brock Streets.  About 100 people attended the vigil.

Vigils and protests took place across North America after a woman was killed and several others injured, when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally that descended into violence last weekend.

A memorial service for Heather Heyer was held Wednesday morning at a downtown Charlottesville theatre.

The 32-year-old was a Charlottesville resident and legal assistant whose mother described her daughter as a courageous, principled woman and firm believer in justice and equality.

Heyer was among the hundreds of protesters who had gathered Saturday in Charlottesville to decry what was believed to be the largest gathering of white supremacists in a decade -- including neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members.

They descended on the city for a rally prompted by the city's decision to remove a Confederate monument.

Chaos and violence erupted before the event even began, with counter-demonstrators and rally-goers clashing in the streets.

Authorities forced the crowd to disperse, and groups then began roaming through town. Counter-protesters had converged for a march along a downtown street when suddenly a Dodge Challenger barrelled into them, hurling people into the air. Video shows the car reversing and hitting more people.

The Ohio man who police say was driving, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., was described by a former high school teacher as an admirer of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. He was quickly taken into custody and has been charged with second-degree murder and other counts.

With files from The Associated Press.