{"id":6143,"date":"2017-05-01T00:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T04:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=6143"},"modified":"2018-06-28T16:28:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T20:28:37","slug":"hackensack-nj-rally-march-for-our-lives-3-24-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=6143","title":{"rendered":"2018 – Hackensack NJ Rally\/March for Our Lives, 3\/24\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students from at least 18 high schools (and a lot of concerned citizens) converged on the Bergen County Courthouse in Hackensack last Saturday at a rally against gun violence. I’m not a big rally type, but this one was important. Plus – as a local historian and photographer – I wanted to document Hackensack’s part in the national March For Our Lives day.<\/span><\/p>\n

What I really wanted was to somehow capture the entire scene in one image, in addition to photographically taking the pulse of the crowd and their signs in individual photos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s what I came up with:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why is everyone smiling?<\/span> (don’t look, NRA)<\/p>\n

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This one got her game face back on:<\/span><\/p>\n

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State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg:<\/span><\/p>\n

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US Representative Josh Gottheimer speaks……..<\/span><\/p>\n

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……..a student sings the National Anthem………<\/span><\/p>\n

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…….while General Enoch Poor listens. The general – a trusted associate of George Washington – is buried in the cemetery of the church you see on the right. Washington attended his funeral there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can see all of the above in the background of this crowd shot:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A future student worth protecting:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two students addressing the crowd:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two other crowd shots (gotta get at least ONE shot of the courthouse, right?):<\/span><\/p>\n

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As I was getting ready to leave, I came across this young girl carrying a much-larger friend that was wearing a #ENOUGH muscle shirt. This has<\/em> to be my favorite shot of the event:<\/span><\/p>\n

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But I think my best “shot” – actually 5 photographs – is this photostitch that captures the entire crowd. To view it full-size, click on the image to partially enlarge it. Run the cursor over the image. You should see it become a plus sign. Click again for maximum enlargement. You will have to scroll from side-to-side to see the whole thing. To shrink it back down, click the image and then hit your back button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The student organizers and everyone else did a great job. With all the other rallies\/marches going on around the country, I didn’t see much coverage of Hackensack’s, so I’m proud to do my part for the right team.<\/span><\/p>\n

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BTW – after hearing some of the national anthem being sung, I liked her voice, so I recorded the rest. Unfortunately, she had to fight with a Public Parking sign for the attention of the camera’s focus. I was also late in recording a crowd chant of “Vote them out!”, so I only got the last 3 fading seconds of it. So as not to let it go to waste, I tacked it onto the end of the video.<\/span><\/p>\n