On Saturday, Indivisible Charlottesville organized a New Orleans-style funeral march on the downtown mall to mourn what they see as a loss of civil liberties in America – and celebrate hope for the future. WMRA’s Meredith McCool followed the procession.
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On the final day of early voting in the commonwealth, members of several Charlottesville organizations joined together for what they dubbed a “Jazz Parade for Democracy.” Local musicians were joined by performers from the grassroots organization Keep Going Together, the “contemplayful” singing group Wonderground, and the Charlottesville Women’s Choir. The procession included pallbearers carrying a coffin adorned with Day of the Dead iconography, followed by black-clad mourners clutching tombstones with epitaphs such as “RIP Democracy.” For the entire length of the Downtown Mall, a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper in a red baseball cap menaced a chained and desperate Lady Liberty.
Janet Horne was among the spectators lining the parade route…