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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. I lived in Boulder from 1988 to the middle of 1990.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 01:52 AM

Sep 2020

I was very aware of Rocky Flats. When I was in Boulder, there was a Buddhist monk who every day walked from Boulder to Rocky Flats, and just sat outside in silent protest. I only knew about it because I'd see him various times when I was driving down highway 93. His singular, lone walk was powerful.

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Doom With a View: Jeffco Health Director Looks Back on Rocky Flats [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2020 OP

I lived in Boulder from 1988 to the middle of 1990. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #1

Back in the late '70s protestors lived in a teepee on the railroad tracks that led into the Flats eleny Sep 2020 #2

i never knew about that. How interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #3

That article is from 2006 and I never saw it before or knew about the museum eleny Sep 2020 #4

I will likewise try to make a field trip there. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #5