Saturday, July 30, 1983
Seventy-five of us start out in Seneca Falls, NY for our planned 10-mile walk to the Encampment. New York City Women’s Pentagon Action Feminist Walk start in Seneca Falls to
the Encampment. In the town of Waterloo, a mob blocked our way at the bridge.
We sat to diffuse potential violence and to insist on our constitutional right
to pass. Fifty-four were arrested and taken to the local jail.
Sunday, July 31, 1983
We were
transported at 5 a.m. from jail to the Interlaken Junior High School and were
held in the cafeteria for five days, as we refused to give our names or
cooperate in any way with this illegal arrest. Women from the Encampment began
vigiling outside the school and were harassed by local townspeople. The
governor declared a “state of emergency” and state police were brought in.
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 1983
We were taken to
a barn at the Seneca County Fair Grounds that had been converted to a
courtroom. After processing 14 of us individually, each of whom refused to give
her name and most of whom refused to walk, the judge finally yielded to our
demand to be heard as a group. We were all brought in and allowed to make our
statement. Charges were dismissed and even our fingerprints and mug shots were
returned to us.
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