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Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 06:02 PM Mar 2018

The epitome and irony from the "March for our Lives" today in Madison, WI......

Were these two CHILDREN leading the crowd chanting:

"What does democracy look like?"



And the vast crowd answering

"THIS is what democracy looks like!!"


I was holding back tears...the children are woke and their voices were heard loud and clear!

My senator, Tammy Baldwin, my congressman, Mark Pocan, along with inspirational students and teachers from Madison schools spoke to an energized crowd of men, women, children of ALL ages, disabled veterans, etc.....all of us enduring not so pleasant (cold temps!) weather. But we all came together as one....and it was a moment I will reflect on forever....✌️☮️

#enough #votethemout #neveragain #notonemore #doawaywiththenra

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The epitome and irony from the "March for our Lives" today in Madison, WI...... (Original Post) Heartstrings Mar 2018 OP
Part of history in the making. LakeArenal Mar 2018 #1
democracy looks messy Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #2
That is my favorite chant! Phoenix61 Mar 2018 #3
These youngsters got the crowd going in front of the capitol however..... Heartstrings Mar 2018 #4

LakeArenal

(28,817 posts)
1. Part of history in the making.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 06:12 PM
Mar 2018

Well done. 🇺🇸 👩🏻‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓👨‍👧👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👨‍👦‍👦👩‍👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👨‍👦👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👬👫👬

Phoenix61

(17,003 posts)
3. That is my favorite chant!
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 08:29 PM
Mar 2018

I led a couple rounds of it at my local march. So very, very cool that the young men and women are engaging in the political process. IMHO, it's our roll, as the oldsters, to support them and I'm loving every minute of it.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
4. These youngsters got the crowd going in front of the capitol however.....
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 08:40 PM
Mar 2018

as we were marching to the capitol a little boy, I'd say about 8 years old, wearing a Green Bay Packers hat, started it up all by himself with no prompting! We were on the move, it was too cold to dig out my phone for a pic, so settled for a hug and "great job my man!"....needless to say I got a hug back, a huge smile and a "thank you"....his parents were beaming with pride!

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