We did a march on Boston today, it went on for two hours and we actually went
through traffic, right along the street passing vehicles stopped in the street because of us. Limo's, buses, tour trolley's...:D
The good people of Boston and the tourists gave us a warm reception, even though we were holding them up. There was little BPD/Occupier friction, in fact, the BPD were excellent through the entire march, very professional, not the slightest hint of a problem.
There has been an upsurge in groups joining/supporting Occupy Boston to include:
Ironworkers Local 7
Teamsters
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Members of the Boston Synagogue
The Leftist Marching Band
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Various student coalitions
Members of the Teachers Union
Ben and Jerry's
and a few others that I'm embarrassed to say I simply can't recall, (but will add in tomorrow's thread).
Morale is still high, and many "suits" came through, actually telling us they support us. It is in the 80's temperature wise, w/clear skies through Monday...perfect "active" weather. I was working the line for about an hour this morning before the march and had over 100 vehicles honk in support of Occupy Boston. Numerous tourist vehicles passed by, and the tourists were taking pictures, waving and flashing thumbs up and peace signs, some called out, "we love you!"
Now...for some pics...Enjoy:
A somewhat elevated view of Tent City
Yes, yes you are!
Getting ready to march out
The Line
The Line from across the street in front of the Fed
Nice crowd on The line
On the move into the streets
Traffic we held up as we marched
In the street
As we came to one cross street, the BPD had it blocked off. I linked arms with the young lady on the left and an Iraq vet on the right...
the police moved back to the next intersection w/o incident. This was the front rank of the march...:D
Nice sign...:D
L-R, unhappycamper, graywarrior and myself
Occupy Everything!Peace
edited: dumb typo...:blush: