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Southern Ulster Times , Wednesday , March 28 , 2018
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Thousands attend March for Our
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According to the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park , almost 8,000 people attended the march on Saturday .
By SHANTAL RILEY sriley @ tcnewspapers . com
They marched , held signs , chanted and drummed all along the Walkway Over the Hudson on Saturday . Thousands of people walked across the span in show of support for gun control five weeks following the Parkland , Florida , school shooting .
“ I think there needs to be reform on the gun issue ,” said Elizabeth Mackey , 18 . “ It ’ s ridiculous that we have to fight for something so simple .” Twenty-year-old Jamal Lewis stood next to her . “ There are so many lives that have been taken ,” he said . “ It ’ s like they ’ re not trying to prevent it .”
Lewis and his friends were standing opposite a group of shouting teenagers on the Poughkeepsie side of the Walkway that morning . They chanted , “ We want a leader , not a creepy tweeter ,” and “ What do we want ? Justice ! When do we want it ? Now !”
The March for Our Lives event was held as part of a now global campaign in support of gun-control reform , led by students from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland , Florida where 17 students and staff were killed in a mass shooting on Feb . 14 .
“ I ’ m here not just for the students , but all the lives that have been lost due to gun violence ,” said Newburgher Verne Bell , who walked on the Highland side of the Walkway . Mario Hernandez said he was marching for children today and in the future . “ One day , my kids will be in
Shantal Riley school ,” he said .
More than 800 marches took place in and outside of the U . S . over the weekend . According to the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park , almost 8,000 people attended the march on Saturday .
Drummers beat drums in musical
Brian Wolfe
Sheila Konnaris and Christina Konnaris share their feelings about teachers carrying guns