Rory Kennedy
On April 5 a crowd of over 100 filled Catherine Street in downtown Milford to show their support for presidential candidate Barack Obama. Attendees ranged from five years old up to senior citizens, and a few Clinton supporters staked out the opposite street corner in front of Hare Hollow.
The rally opened with the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by introductions by alternate Democratic delegate Martha Lorin Walker. Sean Strub introduced keynote speaker Rory Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy and an award-winning documentarian.
During her 45-minute speech, Kennedy spoke about her father, whom she had never known, and how people would come up to her and tell her of how he had inspired them. She said that she had never felt that inspiration until Barack Obama came along. She emphasized the fact that now is not the time for “identity politics”- voting for a candidate because of race or sex. Kennedy also said that we need an inspirational leader, to restore America to greatness, and that she feels Obama is that person.
Ryan Jameson, a DVHS senior, also spoke, along with Missi Strub and Lackawanna county commissioners Cory O’Brian and Mike Warsho. O’Brian stressed that Obama’s campaign is about change, and Warsho added that Obama was widely supported abroad, and that he was truly a “candidate for the world”.
The rally closed with Walker singing Billie Holliday’s “God Bless the Child”.
Pike County for Obama and Pike County for Hillary headquarters are both located on the second floor of the Old Milford Schoolhouse on Harford Street, across from the post office.
