Jane Milliken shows their displeasure with the war in Iraq yesterday on Greenwich Avenue.
(Keelin Daly/Staff photos)
Despite rain, war protesters make their point
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer
A former lifelong Republican, Wayne Wright voted for President Bush in two elections, and in decades past helped organize Young Republican gatherings.
But now, the Korean War-era Navy veteran doesn't want anything to do with Republicans, having recently switched to the Democratic party so he could support Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in his pursuit of the presidency...
..."This is a better turnout than I thought."
Motorists honked as they drove past the sign-toting crowd, but nobody emerged to voice opposition yesterday afternoon while the protesters grew ever more ebullient in their denouncement of the war.
"Five years is too much," protester Bernard Traphan shouted out to no one in particular.
"Yes, too damn much," added Egger.
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(Keelin Daly/Staff photos)
Despite rain, war protesters make their point
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer
A former lifelong Republican, Wayne Wright voted for President Bush in two elections, and in decades past helped organize Young Republican gatherings.
But now, the Korean War-era Navy veteran doesn't want anything to do with Republicans, having recently switched to the Democratic party so he could support Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in his pursuit of the presidency...
..."This is a better turnout than I thought."
Motorists honked as they drove past the sign-toting crowd, but nobody emerged to voice opposition yesterday afternoon while the protesters grew ever more ebullient in their denouncement of the war.
"Five years is too much," protester Bernard Traphan shouted out to no one in particular.
"Yes, too damn much," added Egger.
SEE ALSO:
03/19/08 - Anti - War Protest Returns To The Greenwich Post Office
NOW MORE NEWS LINKS FROM
THE GREENWICH TIME
Educators try to rekindle reading for pleasure
Like an intrepid protagonist of a novel, sophomore Ben Wilbanks, 15, goes where few of his classmates dare to go.
Cops make marijuana bust
Narcotics detectives staking out a parking lot Tuesday night arrested three town men for marijuana possession after their car crashed in Old Greenwich.
Seniors offer vision of center
They'd like a 150-seat movie theater, three exercise rooms, a grocery store and an all-day cafe.
Bridge project gets go-ahead
State funding for a long-awaited bridge reconstruction project in Greenwich is set to gain approval, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced yesterday.
Resident wants Americans to have compassion for immigrants
With all of the debate over immigration heating up in in national politics, local Greenwich resident Oddvar Nygaard, an immigrant from Norway, urges Americans to be more accepting of people moving to the United States.
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Please send comments to:
GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com
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| Charles BRADLAUGH British social reformer (1833-1891) |
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