Longmont Area Democrats

THIS Saturday, August 1:
WALK WITH US to celebrate Colorado Day*
in the 157th Annual Boulder County Fair Parade!
BRING FRIENDS & FAMILY!
*CELEBRATING COLORADO’S 150th YEAR as a STATE,
our SESQUICENTENNIAL!

AN EXTRA SPECIAL BOULDER COUNTY FAIR PARADE, CELEBRATING COLORADO DAY!

COME WALK WITH US, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1 — Boulder County Fair Parade (the oldest county fair in Colorado!). Line up starts at 9am, Roosevelt Park, 700 Longs Peak. Look for the LAD Banner — AND A LARGE COLORADO FLAG — in front of the Senior Center at Longs Peak & Bross (LADs parade position is Red #38, see map, below) Parade launches at 10am.

LET’S SHOW UP IN HUGE NUMBERS, showing Longmont what a FIERCE, POSITIVE, DETERMINED LOVE OF DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!

The Boulder County Fair Parade is a longtime, old town tradition, with area high school bands, vibrant Mexican dancers, charros and equestrian groups, tractors, agricultural floats, kids and their show animals — REFLECTING THE HISTORY & CULTURAL EXUBERANCE of LONGMONT.

And the best way to CELEBRATE is to have LOTS OF FOLKS SHOW UP — BELIEVE US, there is FUN & SAFETY in HUGE NUMBERS! The BoCo Fair Parade is usually very well attended, with families filling the sidewalks. If you are watching the parade from the “sidelines” ;-), consider JOINING US AS WE WALK BY! Think about it: there might be those that were otherwise hesitant to show up for anything. SHOW THEM HOW FUN IT CAN BE. SHOW THEM THE TRUE HEART & SPIRIT OF LONGMONT, AND WALK WITH US, THANK YOU!

PLEASE SHOW UP! THANK YOU to those that attended last year!:

Here’s a MAP of LADs lineup location for Saturday:

…AND A BIT OF HISTORY:

Colorado Day celebrates the anniversary of Colorado officially becoming the 38th state in the union, on August 1, 1876, the year of our nation’s centennial, via a proclamation from then President Ulysses S. Grant. This year marks the 150th birthday of the Centennial State, alongside our nation’s 250th.
Fun fact: the combined celebrations is called a “Sesquisemiquincentennial” (say that 3 times!)

And the reason why the Boulder County Fair is actually older than Colorado’s statehood, is because the first fair was held in Boulder, in 1869, when Colorado was still a territory. (Boulder County was first settled in late 1858 during the Colorado Gold Rush.) The federal territory of Colorado was established in 1861, less than a week before Lincoln’s inauguration, with the legislation for statehood having been written at the time of his assassination. President Lincoln never made it to Colorado, having only traveled as far west as Kansas at the time of his death. (President Grant actually visited Colorado multiple times, including post presidency.) But Lincoln County and Lincoln Street in Denver are just two of the landmarks in Colorado named after President Lincoln. And the Lincoln Memorial in DC, was made from Yule Marble, quarried right here in Colorado.

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Americans hold $500 billion in medical debt, burdened by the most challenging crises in their lives.

We used to have consumer protections to relieve that burden—until CFPB Director Vought rescinded them.

His legacy will be one of hurt & harm. The people deserve better.

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Ballot Drop Locations in Boulder County, here.

Not registered to vote? NO PROBLEM! Colorado has same day registration.
You can register to vote & VOTE up to and on Election Day, June 30, until 7pm!
Do so at any Boulder County Vote Center (or in the Colorado county that you live): the Longmont Vote Center location at 515 Coffman (enter mid-block) is open Monday, June 29, from 8am–6pm, & Tuesday, Election Day, June 30, 7am–7pm.

Must be 18, provide ID. Vote Center dates, times & locations, here.
You can also register to vote online at govotecolorado.gov
then go to any Vote Center, where you will be provided a ballot.

Check out the latest blast (it’s been revised!) full of good info to help you VOTE!

Resource Document for the June 3, 2026 Meeting, here.
PRIMARY COMING UP JUNE 30, this might come in handy:
2026 Candidate & Ballot Info doc, here.

LAD MEETING Wednesday, June 3, 6:30pm IN PERSON, at Front Range Community College. At our last meeting of the season, Jason Vallery will present AI Comes Home: Work, Power, and Democracy in the Age of Applied AI — Rather than focusing only on hype or fear, his presentation asks a more useful civic question: Where should AI help, where should humans remain in charge, who benefits from the productivity gains, and how can communities protect workers and their quality of life while still embracing useful tools?

We’ll have Hetal Doshi, candidate for Attorney General,  with us to talk about her campaign and answer questions.

Amy, Stan and Ingrid will provide another Activism update, with resources, plenty of audience participation and inspiration! PLEASE CHECK OUT the Activism in the Face of Fascism widget on thhis page, and DOWNLOAD & SHARE the handy bookmark, presented at previous meetings, here.

We’ll cover, and answer any questions about the JUNE 30 PRIMARY — your ballot will arrive SOON!

If you’ve already signed up for our emails, but lost the latest one in a crowded inbox — we know the feeling! — check back here at longmontdems.org, where you’ll find links to all of our blasts posted in the center of our home page.

If you missed a meeting, you can find all of the resources & links from our meetings and events by clicking the “Resources from Our Meetings & Events” widget, to your left.

Kathy Nelson, a Longmont resident originally from Indiana, wrote the lyrics and music for this incredible song(!), and generously sent it to us, so we are happy to share it here. Rousing, inspiring, beautifully written — we think it just might be our adopted anthem! GREAT LINES throughout! I asked Kathy to give us some background:

“A little bit about me. I’m 72, from IN, been living in Longmont for 20 years. I’ve been a musician since the age of 6 and I’ve been songwriting, off and on, for about 40 years. The song We Aren’t Going Back was written in 2024, inspired by Kamala Harris campaign…Now that we are becoming a shit hole country I’m hoping the song will inspire more people to vote in the midterms to turn things around. I also made the imovie for it.”