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We knew that our friends and neighbors and fellow activists would be doing us proud in Portland today, so we decided to take our stand to a smaller town in the valley. We chose Canby and took our Peace flag and one that said "Imagine" and stood on the old log bridge overpass next to the Canby shopping center. Highway 99 runs just beneath it. At first it seemed pretty lonely up there. We stood and watched the cars roll by and then suddenly someone honked and flashed the peace sign. That gave us the needed spark to stand there longer. After about an hour, we noticed that the reactions were mostly positive, with horns honking, and peace signs being displayed by about 8 of ten drivers/passengers. Of these, one in about thirty was apparently digitally challenged, for they seem to have misplaced one of their digits. Overall, a very exciting result for a town that is supposed to be about as conservative as they get. People honked and waved and we waved back. Then something grand happened. A family of four came to join us with signs they had made. They did their own banner drop of an orange flag with a big peace sign and also placed cardboard signs with peace signs along the fence. All in all we spent about two hours there, standing for Peace, and we were not alone.
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