Our participation in 2007's antiwar march in DC

Chronogram magazine, which does a great job of covering Hudson Valley art and cultural events, but which also offers some progressive political coverage, ran a detailed article on our sponsored bus trip to Washington DC in January 2007, an event, which the Chronogram noted, represented "the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Pentagon march featured in Norman Mailer’s Armies of the Night."



As the Chronogram reported,

The 2007 Hudson Valley bus riders were casually dressed people of all ethnic groups, backgrounds, and ages, ranging from Saeger Rubenstein, 14, to Florence Yukon, 86. Dutchess County legislator Bill McCabe even rode down with the group.

DC speakers included Jane Fonda, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Dennis Kucinich, and Maxine Waters. Rally organizers came from peace groups, labor, the gay community, veterans organizations, military families, and religious circles.

The bus riders were treated to tranquil folk strumming by guitarists Chris Ruhe and Tom Baldino and others. Organizers Richard Carlson, Connie Hogarth, and Steve Gold passed around lyric sheets so the riders could all sing along to songs by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Cat Stevens.