Nov 06
19
V – Washington Demonstration
One of my favourite movies of the last year was V For Vendetta.
Now it appears that life is imitating art in Washington with a group of people in V masks demonstrating for change.
On
November 6, 2006, a lone man in a “V” mask and clothing visited security
checkpoints at the White House, the main Treasury Building,
the Department of Justice and the Capitol, to deliver a letter and the
Petitions for Redress. A short videotape of the encounters has made its way
around the Internet, including links from sites such as MySpace.com.
The
letter informed the leaders of the Executive and Legislative branches of the
federal government that up to 100 people in “V” masks and clothing would
gather in silent vigil at those locations on November 14th to
await a response to the Petitions for Redress.
True
to his word, at 11:00 A.M. on
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, nearly 100 men and women in “V” masks and
clothing could be seen walking along different streets in downtown
Washington, DC, all heading to Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue
from the White House.
Read the whole story here.
