Peace Rally Wolfville, March 18, 2006

This article contains Video! A hundred Wolfville area residents gathered at the post office around 11 am this Saturday. The Wolfville Raging Grannies delivered (see below picture and video). New Wolfville-style peace buttons were available and handouts explaining the process of sending letters to our members of parliament. The mood was grand and the brief speeches touched on a few basic facts:

• While the media was focusing on the Gomery inquiry, the “peace-keeping” mission of our Canadian troops was apparently changed to a “Hunt down and Kill” project. The question raised everywhere in Canada and at this rally: “Just how Canadian does 'Hunt and Kill' (Humans) sound?”.
• Wolfville Town Council passed a resolution making Wolfville a ‘nuclear weapons free zone’ in the 80s.
• Peace vigils have been taking place at the post office (Wolfville’s federal building) for decades. Currently, the peace vigil has been going every Saturday since October 14, 2001, the first Saturday after the invasion of Afghanistan.
• Wolfville has a mediation group (Peace Makers) established in the 90s which helps resolve conflicts of all kinds around the Maritimes.
• Wolfville Town Council adopted a resolution making Wolfville an official ‘Peaceful Community’ (2003).
• Mayor Robert Stead is an official member of the global Mayor’s for Peace initiative (2005).
• Hundreds of communities worldwide have been participating in this peace event.

The whole crowd then went marching in the downtown Wolfville area, singing, drumming and waving peace flags and signs (see videos).

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peacerally.wmv (5.42 MB for Windows)
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peacerally.mp4 (9.5 MB for Macintosh)

Here's a picture of the Raging Grannies

See below for a larger version.