Compared to many of the “No Kings” demonstrations across the United States on Saturday, one local protest was small.
But the roughly 40 residents who gathered outside the Valley Manor senior living community on East Avenue hoped they were sending a big message.
“We’re older people, but we’re not in a warehouse. We aren’t dead,” said Barbara Backer, an 88-year-old Valley Manor resident. “We are very concerned about what is happening to our democracy …. We feel very, very strongly that we have to raise our voices…