{"id":256,"date":"2012-09-24T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=256"},"modified":"2012-09-24T13:15:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T18:15:02","slug":"the-labor-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-labor-day-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"The Labor Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As always, thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dianne@napervilledemocrats.org\">NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire<\/a>\u00a0for this text. And thanks to Jeff Szymczak for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/photos\/102040748039183715218\/albums\/5784031464530367889\">great photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-hlh_OtbnSjY\/UEUCGLNVsqI\/AAAAAAAArew\/TP8_3U0isaE\/w288-h191-n-k\/DSC_0046.JPG?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/>It was simply a\u00a0<strong>grand day for a parade<\/strong>! About 140 enthusiastic Democratic marchers joined together to celebrate Labor Day and we were absolutely delighted with the enthusiastic reception we received from the thousands of parade watchers on the sidelines.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-TN78wU2Oslg\/UEUDPgsO1DI\/AAAAAAAArjU\/z-YVoAZ98yk\/w287-h191-n-k\/DSC_0078.JPG?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/>Highlights of our entry included the following:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>100 bright blue helium balloons<\/strong>heralded our presence in the parade<\/li>\n<li><strong>50 homemade signs<\/strong>\u00a0provided by DuPage Township highlighted the<strong>accomplishments<\/strong>\u00a0of the Obama administration and organized labor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifesize cut-out of the President<\/strong>, accompanied by\u00a0<strong>\u201cHail to the Chief\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on a continuous loop, provided by DuPage Township<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laborers of Local 288<\/strong>\u00a0and other union representatives walked with their union\u2019s banner<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlene Collins, from DuPage Township<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230; armed with her\u00a0<strong>megaphone\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230; made sure everyone heard her as she shouted out one benefit after another from organized labor and the Obama administration<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-wnFvV-UwPWk\/UEUDUWRnJ8I\/AAAAAAAArlA\/rYqkYRLQtA8\/w288-h191-n-k\/DSC_0092.JPG?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Joe Heneghan<\/strong>\u00a0(former Lisle Township Chair) made sure the\u00a0<strong>inflatable donkey stayed afloat<\/strong>\u00a0and blasted out great labor themed music<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Foster\u2019s campaign volunteers<\/strong>\u00a0joined us with their candidate\u2019s bright blue banner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-natbG48TM80\/UEUD-hNts7I\/AAAAAAAArpE\/tdH3F9h3uwk\/w288-h191-n-k\/DSC_0123.JPG?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"3\" \/>Following the parade, everyone adjourned to the rooftop terrace of the\u00a0<strong>Black Finn<\/strong>\u00a0for refreshments and conversation.\u00a0<strong>Leslie Coolidge<\/strong>, candidate for Congress in the 6th District, made brief remarks, as did three new\u00a0<strong>Democratic candidates for \u00a0Naperville\u2019s City Council<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Bill Habel<\/strong>,<strong>Tiffany Stephens<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>John Krummen<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><em>[ NOTE: Lots more photos &#8211; and a few videos &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/photos\/102040748039183715218\/albums\/5784031464530367889\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>, courtesy of our friend Jeff Szymczak. \u00a0Thanks, Jeff! ]<\/em><\/div>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-labor-day-parade\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 256,  \"nonce\": \"22d9680d15\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"The Labor Day Parade\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As always, thanks to\u00a0NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire\u00a0for this text. And thanks to Jeff Szymczak for the\u00a0great photos. It was simply a\u00a0grand day for a parade! About 140 enthusiastic Democratic marchers<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-labor-day-parade\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzCg-48","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11493,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/11493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}