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Way Up In Northern Maine: Drone Peace Walk on October 10 - 19
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/2013/09/way-up-in-northern-maine.html
Monday, September 02, 2013
WAY UP IN NORTHERN MAINE
I left Bath at 6:30 am this morning with Jeanne from Portsmouth, NH to make the five hour drive to Limestone, Maine. We've come way up to what Mainers call "the County", Aroostook County, the biggest county in the state. It's potato farming territory and the place where many politicians in our state want to put a "weaponized drone test area".
As we approached our destination in Limestone just after noon we saw a couple Amish with horse and buggies along US Hwy 1A.
Limestone is where we will start our Maine Drone Peace Walk on October 10. I've come up here, being driven by volunteer Jeanne, to begin mapping the walk route. We drove from Limestone to Caribou where we met with a person from a local church to seek a place for walkers to sleep the first night of the walk.
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In the morning we head south to continue mapping the rest of the walk. The walk will wind its way through many towns and end at the state capital in Augusta on October 18 where we will hold a ceremony in the Hall of Flags at 3:00 pm that day. On October 19 walkers will head to Bath for a 10:00 am protest at BIW when the first Zumwalt class "stealth" destroyer will be "christened".
The walk will be led by Buddhist monks and nuns from the Nipponzan Myohoji order. Long-time peace activist Kathy Kelly will join the walk for the last few days and others from various states will walk along with many from Maine. See more details about the walk here.
Monday, September 02, 2013
WAY UP IN NORTHERN MAINE
I left Bath at 6:30 am this morning with Jeanne from Portsmouth, NH to make the five hour drive to Limestone, Maine. We've come way up to what Mainers call "the County", Aroostook County, the biggest county in the state. It's potato farming territory and the place where many politicians in our state want to put a "weaponized drone test area".
As we approached our destination in Limestone just after noon we saw a couple Amish with horse and buggies along US Hwy 1A.
Limestone is where we will start our Maine Drone Peace Walk on October 10. I've come up here, being driven by volunteer Jeanne, to begin mapping the walk route. We drove from Limestone to Caribou where we met with a person from a local church to seek a place for walkers to sleep the first night of the walk.
<snip>
In the morning we head south to continue mapping the rest of the walk. The walk will wind its way through many towns and end at the state capital in Augusta on October 18 where we will hold a ceremony in the Hall of Flags at 3:00 pm that day. On October 19 walkers will head to Bath for a 10:00 am protest at BIW when the first Zumwalt class "stealth" destroyer will be "christened".
The walk will be led by Buddhist monks and nuns from the Nipponzan Myohoji order. Long-time peace activist Kathy Kelly will join the walk for the last few days and others from various states will walk along with many from Maine. See more details about the walk here.