BRATTLEBORO People show support for the people living in Gaza, the Palestinian territory involved in a conflict with Israel, during Solidarity Friday at Pliny Park on Friday, June 4,
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Libertas, the Roman goddess better known as the Statue of Liberty, is 151 feet tall. The pedestal on which the statue stands adds another 89 feet to the overall height of the artwork. More than one-third of the Statue of Libertyâs commanding visual presence is the neoclassical pedestal. Brattleboroâs Richard Morris Hunt was the architect who designed the statueâs base.
In 1865 a prominent French college professor named Edouard de Laboulaye proposed the idea of a monument to honor the United States. The US had just ended its Civil War and abolished slavery. Laboulaye wanted to reaffirm the positive relationship between the people of France and the people of the US. He was an expert on the US Constitution, an abolitionist, and a big fan of Abraham Lincoln.
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Solidarity Friday returned to Pliny Park, in Brattleboro, Vt., for the first time in 2021 after stopping in the fall of 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Solidarity Friday returned to Pliny Park, in Brattleboro, Vt., for the first time in 2021 after stopping in the fall of 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Solidarity Friday returned to Pliny Park, in Brattleboro, Vt., for the first time in 2021 after stopping in the fall of 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Linda Bailey, of Brattleboro, Vt., holds a sign during Solidarity Friday at Pliny Park, in Brattleboro, Vt., on Friday, May 7, 2021.
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BRATTLEBORO â You may have seen the Solidarity Friday demonstrations on the Pliny Park corner that began last summer and continued into the fall. In-person actions were paused due to COVID restrictions but we continued meeting (via zoom), learning about our shared concerns and building our coalition. In the ongoing work to gain more participation in and deepen the understanding of our actions, the involved organizations wanted to explain our purpose for Solidarity Fridays in preparation for starting again on May 7.
Four Brattleboro-based organizations â Brattleboro Solidarity, The Root Social Justice Center, Lost River Racial Justice, and The Tenants Union of Brattleboro â came together last summer during the Black Lives Matter uprisings. Later, we were joined by 350 Brattleboro, the VT Debt Collective, Youth 4 Change, and Out in the Open (supporting remotely). Together, we recognized that, while we were witnessin