The couple, who has been identified as Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, were seen holding a pro-peace banner at the very top of the spire.
State regulators got an earful from Duke Energy customers over the utility giant's 18% rate hike request.
"This is democracy in action. Protesting, using our rights, exercising them, and making our voices heard in a way that cannot be ignored,"
Organizers say more than 3,100 events have been registered in all 50 states and several other countries, with more than 9 million people expected.
A small group of protesters gathered in downtown Fayetteville and held signs that read "No war for oil."
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March.