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lauradi7dwThere is a gathering at the State House at noon tomorrow (the 10th). (I will be ringing) and then another at 2 PM at the JFK Federal building (near Government Center). I will be on the way to Teale Square then.
Today I was walking toward the Lexington green and thence homeward after getting my watch fixed when I noticed two people with a flag and placards standing in front of the Minuteman statue. There is a weekly gathering there on Wednesdays (which conflicts partly with the regular Wednesday protest at the ICE building in Burlington) but it seemed sensible enough to add one on to the usual schedule because, as one of the signs said, we need to support Minneapolis and Portland. I knew both people standing. Stopped to chat and to represent the cause. After a while I was asked to hold one of the signs while the previous holder rested, so I did. Mostly there were positive horn honks/waves or people ignoring us, but there was one (white) guy in a big pickup truck who shouted furiously that we would get ours when ICE showed up in "this shithole." (our wealthy suburb, one assumes). Or that's the message we pieced together - he didn't stop, but shouted as he drove past, so it was hard to hear a complete sentence.
I didn't go to the Boston Common last night (the 8th) either.
Today I was walking toward the Lexington green and thence homeward after getting my watch fixed when I noticed two people with a flag and placards standing in front of the Minuteman statue. There is a weekly gathering there on Wednesdays (which conflicts partly with the regular Wednesday protest at the ICE building in Burlington) but it seemed sensible enough to add one on to the usual schedule because, as one of the signs said, we need to support Minneapolis and Portland. I knew both people standing. Stopped to chat and to represent the cause. After a while I was asked to hold one of the signs while the previous holder rested, so I did. Mostly there were positive horn honks/waves or people ignoring us, but there was one (white) guy in a big pickup truck who shouted furiously that we would get ours when ICE showed up in "this shithole." (our wealthy suburb, one assumes). Or that's the message we pieced together - he didn't stop, but shouted as he drove past, so it was hard to hear a complete sentence.
I didn't go to the Boston Common last night (the 8th) either.
