CONWAY — In a protest stunt that caught the attention of police, State Parks and hundreds of tourists, local protesters strung a canoe, rainbow flag and Black Lives Matter banner 350 feet in the air in front of Cathedral Ledge in North Conway last Saturday.
Protest leader Quddus Snyder, 41, of Eaton said the League of Voters for Equality (LOVE) and members of the greater Mount Washington Climbing Community were responsible for the daylong event, dubbed "Climb for Equality."
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Should have been an American blue......red, white and blue!
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