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Thinking about July 4th Parade time again. We'll be sending in
AWARE's application today or tomorrow.<br>
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Karen Medina had an idea which I think is just brilliant, taking off
on the generic parade theme of "Celebrating America":<br>
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How about Celebrating America's History of Protest?<br>
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We can go for anti-war anti-imperial protests (need a Eugene V Debs
poster!), anti-slavery protests (some of our old signs might fit,
like Elijah Lovejoy of Alton, IL), for protests throughout labor
history (collective bargaining, a 40-hour week, minimum wage...)!,
for the Civil Rights movement protests, for the great veterans'
protest after WWI... - there are lots of directions and we can
choose whatever we most like.<br>
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Anyone mind adopting this (broad) theme? Barring objections I'd
like to say this is what we'll do.<br>
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