Three dogs and I attended 3 “Hands Off” events on a rainy Saturday here in Vermont.

The first event was right here in Strafford, on the lawn of the S. Strafford UCC. Committed and good people from town.

The second event was a raucous event of over 1500 people (according to the regional newspaper) in White River Junction, Vermont, so large that it spilled across the bridge over the Connecticut River into New Hampshire, which is where we took our place. No photos of that event. I was too busy managing the dogs with all the horns and drums and traffic. I don’t know how many more than 1500 people were there. Such spirit, commitment (in nasty weather) and kindness! People took turns holding the leash for a dog so I could manage.

Then on to Hanover, NH, home to Dartmouth College with the now veteran dogs: Max, Jazz and Kim. They were impeccably behaved and charmed everyone, happily taking pats and affection and general adoration. Only about 300 people in Hanover in front of the college …where were all the college students?? Not student-led stuff like the 1960’s, I’m afraid, except that the crowd consisted of old boomers like me who protested back during Vietnam.

Reporters covering the protests nationwide said protesters were “middle aged or older”. I would add that in that in the case of Vermont (the 4th oldest state), they were much older.

Nice to be out in solidarity with the those making a statement of resistance to the attempted seizure or our government. I would like to see actions like this grow in numbers and frequency. People power is what will end the seizure of our government.