It was a cool and cloudy day as seven of us gathered on a bridge over Highway I-95 in Waterville. The occasion was our monthly statewide solidarity vigil with Palestine. As it turned out the elite (Junior Ivy League) Colby College was having its annual homecoming so lots of people were around to witness our protest.
We began at 8:00 am on the bridge for two hours. We covered both north and south directions of the highway. I was counting cars from both directions in 5 minute increments - doing it frequently to come up with averages over the 120 minutes. All together I got a conservative figure of 4,000 vehicles that saw our banners.
After a warming break at a local coffee shop in Waterville for breakfast, tea and chatting we moved over to a local second hand store to get some gloves for those who did not have any. (I even bought a lovely old wooden rocking chair.)
At 1:00 pm we gathered at the busiest intersection in Waterville for our vigil. People came from all over to join us. At 2:30 pm we walked thru the downtown area with our signs (in both directions) and then ended with a short sharing circle.
Our friend Luke brought his horn and played moving spiritual/political songs throughout the vigil.
Our next monthly protest will be held next to the Augusta Civic Center just off Hwy I-95. We will meet on Saturday, November 22 at 1:30 pm. The Augusta Civic Center in Maine is located just off of Exit 112 for northbound traffic and Exit 112A for southbound traffic on I-95.
Free Palestine!
Let aid into Gaza!
Stop the zionists attacks in the West Bank!
Boycott, divest and sanction genocidal Israel!
No Trump-Blair take over Gaza plan!
Bruce
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