Longmont Area Democrats

NEXT LAD MEETING, Wednesday, September 2, 6:30pm, via zoom. ALL ABOARD for all things transportation! The RTD race, District O, is non partisan, meaning, it was not on your primary ballot. So we’ll have the two democratic candidates for District O at our meeting: Audrey DeBarros and Jack Rosenthal, to talk about their campaigns, and answer questions.

And, you might have heard: COCO is coming to Longmont! The Colorado Connector is the culmination of decades of work, plenty of foot dragging — EXTREME patience from Longmont residents (who voted for rail in 2004!), but ultimately collaboration — and tireless advocacy of many grassroots activists. But especially, Karen Benker, former and present RTD Board Director, and Joan Peck, former Mayor of Longmont — experienced, longtime advocates for passenger rail, who will join us to give us the LATEST SCOOP! (The Front Range Passenger Rail District board voted 14-1 on August 28, to place the measure on your Nov. 3 ballot.)

And speaking of ballot measures, we’ll have Mark Lester, from Rocky Mountain Equality, to talk about their Hands Off Colorado campaign against THREE egregious Nov. 3 ballot measures — and how you can help DEFEAT them!

JOIN US, and please…tell a friend! NEXT LAD MEETING, Wednesday, September 2, 6:30pm, via zoom. We’ll send the zoom link in this blast at 9am and 6pm day of meeting, or email us — before 5:30 day of meeting, please! — and request a link. Please include a first and last name in the email, so we know you’re human.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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