Incredible coverage in the October 1, 2007 edition of The Bangor Daily News, please click image for newspaper’s website

Re-raising Lady Liberty

Below is the order of events at the rally with the beginning time of each segment in the 53-minute-long mp3 file. Audio of the eight-minute speech by Gold Star mother Mary Alice Horrigan (discussed in the incredible Bangor Daily News article linked to above) begins at 23:12 with her introduction by Doug Allen.

End the War – Build the Peace

Rally & demonstration, Saturday September 29, 2007 at the “Paul Bunyan” park on Main Street in Bangor

Drumming — Peter Baldwin and Friends Tolling of Bells by area churches (audio not included here)

0:00 Introduction—Doug Allen, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC)

10:12 The Economic Costs of War—U Maine Students of Maine Peace Action Committee

17:46 “The Circle is Broken”—David McLean, singer, song-writer with Maria Irrera

23:12 Mourning the Iraq War Dead—Mary Alice Horrigan, Gold Star Mother

31:02 Reading of Names of Iraq War Dead—Members of Military Families Speak Out and Veterans for Peace (participants lie down to represent war dead or stand silently as mourners).

Bagpipe tribute—Peter Beckford, Simon Beckford and Ursa Beckford (audio not included here)

37:23 Mourning the loss of civil liberties—Lady Liberty in State—Peter Baldwin Responsive reading of parts of the Declaration of Independence

42:05 Rise up with signs and symbols of alternatives to war and sing along “Women’s Peace Prayer,” “We are One” “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” Voices for Peace and Women with Wings (end of audio file)

Chain of Concern—line up along Main Street with signs and symbols