BATH
The public is invited to join organizers for one mile, one day, or longer on a walk designed to bring the issue of drone surveillance and weaponized drones to people throughout the state.
The Maine Drone Peace Walk begins today in Limestone, site of the former Loring Air Force Base, and concludes Saturday, Oct. 19 in Bath, where marchers will protest the christening of the new stealth destroyer at Bath Iron Works.
The message of the undertaking: “Preserve our privacy: no drone spying in Maine.”
During the walk, activists will be hosted by churches, community groups, and concerned local citizens.
Organizer Bruce Gagnon of Bath described the challenges at hand.
“Over these nine days, we will hand out flyers and talk to people about the desire of some officials in Maine to bring weaponized drone testing to Aroostook County,” Gagnon said. “With these same weaponized drones, the United States is now killing legions of innocent civilians throughout central Asia and Africa.”
Specific information about the drone walk can be found at http://www.bringourwardollarshome.org/
The schedule sees walkers in Presque Isle on Friday, Old Town and Bangor on Saturday, Skowhegan on Monday, then Mercer, Farmington and Waterville before walking to Belgrade on Oct. 17 and to Augusta on Oct. 18 for a closing ceremony at state capitol at 3 p.m..
On Oct 19, there will be a shuttle to Bath for those who wish to join a protest against BIW’s christening of the first Zumwalt stealth destroyer from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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