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I just returned from seeing my daughter and
granddaughter off at the airport and on my way home I took a drive around
Lake Harriet. What a lovely sight!
People walking, as many as four abreast, on the
walking path and the bike trail. There were certainly several
thousand, with candles and flashlights and a light fog
veiling the view. Soft singing, "All we are saying is give peace a
chance."
The original people who conceived of and built the
public parks in America talked about the democratic idea of public
parks. They were to be harmonious gathering places for the
masses.
We are fortunate to live in America where we
have the right to express our opinion, and we are blessed to have been
provided with these democratic gathering places in which to do
it.
This was a wonderful example of democracy at
work.Thanks to those who organized the peace walk.
Joan Berthiaume
Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society
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