Oly May Day: "Tolerant Community" [2003]

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Oly May Day: "Tolerant Community" [2003]

Submitted by Sarah on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 11:22am.

may day

Sarah's note: This is one of several May Days in Olympia I've participated in over the years. I learned a valuable lesson on the lawn of the Armory while flying People's Air Force paper airplanes around - always wear sunblock. It was warm and gorgeous outside and I got so burnt. Word to the wise.

Marching to the beat of several different drummers, about 300 people celebrated May Day in the streets of Olympia with a peaceful demonstration at the National Guard Armory.

Yesterday's celebration of the international workers' holiday was smaller than in recent years, and Olympians seemed to take the annual event in stride.

"It's a very tolerant community," said police Cmdr. Tor Bjornstad.

Olympia May Day rally attracts 300

People danced, children played, and we got some sun in Oly. Joey Casio rocked out as well as another band with the former lead singer of Rainbow Sugar out rapping the white boy rappers on hand.

I regretfully inform you that the people on hand were not up to transforming the Armory into a community center or an ice cream depot. The Armory was not touched this year.

MayDay 2003

At least It Went Faster Than The Tumwater Fourth of July Parade

Olympia May Day Report

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(Thanks Emmett for encouragement, much appreciated.)

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AKA when May Day started

Submitted by chaney on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 12:33pm.

AKA when May Day started getting confined to one lane of traffic. Never again!

Hey, that was my May Day report!

Submitted by emmettoconnell on Sat, 04/21/2007 - 9:54pm.

That last link was something I wrote up on a previous blog. Wow, how time has flown.

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