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Paper Roses

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12. Small town just north of Boston. Huge rally for us.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Original post)

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 04:01 PM

Sunday

By the count of 2 fairly local news reporters, we had approx. 800 people. I believe this number. I went early and waited for people to arrive. Many came early since there is little parking in the area but just before the advertised start, the crowd started to show up. Great group of people, the size surprised me.
Our local FB pages are dominated by MAGA idiots. I bet they are livid about the showing since they dominate the pages.
Proud of my town participation, I hope it makes a difference.

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