{"id":2320,"date":"2014-05-12T00:48:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steamtrainsandghosts.wordpress.com\/?p=2320"},"modified":"2014-05-12T00:48:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:48:59","slug":"minneapolis-may-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steamtrainsandghosts.com\/?p=2320","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis May Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>Last week, Vu and I went to Minneapolis\u2019s 40th annual May Day Parade. Organized by the In the Heart of the Beast Puppet Theater, the parade\u2019s made out of puppet shows, paiper mach\u00e9, and in the Free Speech section, anybody who has an axe to grind for a particular cause. They march down Bloomington Avenue until they reach Powderhorn Park for a festival.\n

Both of us had a blast.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to see in these pics, but this was a really cool wire dragon.<\/p>\n

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If you ever wondered whether the Twin Cities were a left-leaning area, now you know.<\/p>\n

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Either these people have never seen Dr. Strangelove<\/em> or Spaceballs,<\/em> or they just don\u2019t care.<\/p>\n

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\u2026 I have no idea.<\/p>\n

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These folks were in favor of solar power.<\/p>\n

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Here you can see the muffin boy, who I think was supposed to be a mushroom.<\/p>\n

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May poles.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure who the worm dude is, but in the background you can see a child being a lichen.<\/p>\n

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These Aztec dancers were in favor of reuniting families across the U.S.-Mexican border.<\/p>\n

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They wanted to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Good luck with that.<\/p>\n

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The Green Party<\/p>\n

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Did I mention it\u2019s a left-leaning city?<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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