Virginia Guiffre Butterfly Vigil

ONE YEAR AFTER VIRGINIA ROBERTS GIUFFRE’S DEATH, hundreds GATHERED ON THE NATIONAL MALL TO ENSURE HER VOICE WOULD NOT BE SILENCED.

On April 25, 2026, survivors, activists, artists, lawmakers, and families traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Butterfly Vigil — a memorial honoring the life, courage, and enduring legacy of Virginia Roberts Giuffre. The First Amendment Troop was honored and humbled to be asked to perform.

Virginia was not only one of the most important voices in exposing Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s global trafficking network. She became a symbol of what happens when one survivor refuses to disappear quietly into the machinery of elite impunity. She fought against the systems of power, wealth, influence, and intimidation designed to protect the abusers at all costs. Her courage shattered decades of silence. Her testimony helped awaken a worldwide reckoning.

Co-hosted by Women’s March, UltraViolet, World Without Exploitation, NOW, the National Women’s Law Center, FEMINIST, Feminist Generation, and the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, the vigil transformed the National Mall into a gathering place for grief, remembrance, rage, solidarity, and resistance. Survivors stood beside members of Congress. Families joined activists. Young people gathered alongside those who had spent decades fighting to be heard.

In honor of Virginia’s love of butterflies, attendees carried flowers and wore butterfly pins beneath the shadow of the White House — once a symbol of decency and democratic ideals, now standing over a nation that is still demanding transparency, accountability, and answers from the powerful men and institutions that continue to evade them. Chief among them, the man currently occupying that house.

First Amendment Troop was honored to stand among them and help carry Virginia’s mission forward. We will not stop demanding transparency, accountability, and justice for survivors everywhere.

VIRGINIA IS AN AMERICAN HERO

VIRGINIA’S VOICE CONTINUES TO RESONATE AROUND THE WORLD

Her posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl — co-written with Amy Wallace — was recently awarded Book of the Year at the British Book Awards, honoring not only the power of her story, but the courage it took to confront the machinery of elite impunity and speak truth in the face of it. Her words continue to inspire survivors, advocates, and a growing global movement demanding accountability, transparency, and justice.

You can - and should - buy Nobody’s Girl here - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712958/nobodys-girl-by-virginia-roberts-giuffre/