When all seems grim, you see something like this:

[George II]

In the middle of a residential neighborhood at 8 AM, I came across two old men, they had to be 85 years old or older. They could barely walk (this one had a cane), but they were out carrying these signs. When we waved they both waved back with their signs with big grins!

The other man (not in the picture) was all bent over, but still had his sign, bigger than this one. Restores your hope in humanity, at least in a small way?

[Shanti Mama]

1. I'm curious, what part of the country?

[George II]

3. Central Connecticut.

[Shanti Mama]

10. Thanks. I grew up in CT!

I grew up in the high fallutin NY suburb area, but long, long ago, when it wasn't quite so so so so.
Central CT is my kind of country now, a mix.
Love seeing these gentlemen. Did you speak with them?

[George II]

11. No, we didn't have a chance to stop. Saw them on our way to where we were going....

....I made sure I drove back the same route so I could get the picture.

I may go back out tomorrow morning and look for them again.

[Control-Z]

29. I'm from CT too.

Coventry. It's kind of in the middle of the state. Near Stores.

[NewJeffCT]

16. where in Central CT?

if you don't mind me asking. I live in northwest Central CT.

[George II]

24. This was in a residential area of Wethersfield

[NewJeffCT]

26. cool

thanks for letting me know - back in the golden age of the 90s, the first house I attempted to purchase was in Wethersfield, off of the Silas Deane Highway. (the deal never came together, so I ended up buying in Newington a year or so later and that worked out great while I was there.)

[George II]

27. This was on Goff Road. I'm sure you've heard of that. I'm hoping to go back there...

....around the same time tomorrow, maybe stop to talk to them and get better pictures.

I wish the local television stations would interview them.

[blaze]

34. Call a couple news stations!

You just might get a taker.

[George II]

38. Just sent an email to the local CBS television station,

They're about 3 miles and five minutes from where I saw this. I suggested the send a crew out at the same time tomorrow or Monday hoping they do this every day.

[WhiteTara]

2. They remember the nazis. nt

[FSogol]

9. They have kids and grandkids that know dreamers. n/t

[WhiteTara]

15. Great motivators. Now to get the white people

out and on board. We're out of unicorns, so I hope life on planet earth will be enough to motivate our kind.

[NewJeffCT]

18. Heck

if that guy had parents that came to the US around the turn of the century (19th century into the 20th), he (or his mother or father) could very well have been that era's version of a dreamer. It's supposedly almost impossible for everybody to have come through Ellis Island that claims to have come through there...

[FSogol]

21. True, 3 of my 4 grandparents were born in Ireland and came to this country as kids.

Only one passed thru Ellis Island. My wife is an immigrant too (from South America), coming to this county in the 1980s.

[mrmpa]

31. My maternal grandfather came here in 1890...

I saw the manifest of the ship he got off of in Baltimore. He was with his mother and it had him listed as 2 or 3 years old. It also listed where they were headed, which was Buffalo.

My Paternal Great grandfather came here from Ireland around 1855, he was about 5. He came here for economic reasons with his parents (Potato Famine), just like many of those from south of the border are doing today. He wasn't taken from his parents.

My Paternal grandmother came here from Ireland around 1900, she was 10, she wasn't taken from her parents.

WTF

[betsuni]

4. K&R

[babylonsister]

5. I love this and will do my part to help make it go viral. Thank you! nt

[uponit7771]

6. K&R

[pazzyanne]

7. K & R

[handmade34]

8. love it!

not to be unappreciative, but, I wish there were young voters out there with them

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread George

[duforsure]

13. I saw one the other day

Daca kids aren't the criminals, its this president and the GOP!

[planetc]

14. Thanks v. much for the pic, and the post, and the message.

Also, quite fine signs for legibility and size. March on, gentlemen!

[mountain grammy]

17. K & R

[NewJeffCT]

19. Wish I had taken a picture at the time

but, last week when I was driving through the Windsor (CT) town center on my lunch break, there were a small group of older women holding up signs about keeping families together.

[marble falls]

20. That photo really lifted my spirits.

[ailsagirl]

22. Beautiful-- makes me teary-eyed

Thanks for posting

(I wish I could give that man a huge hug!!)

[lunamagica]

23. Thank you for sharing, George

[marieo1]

25. minngal

GeorgeII ...........thanks for posting this, it gives me hope, too.

[spanone]

28. K&R...

[NastyRiffraff]

30. Thanks for posting this, George

That's a lovely thing to see.

[smirkymonkey]

32. K&R

This is great!

[NNadir]

33. As a member of the Demographic of old fat bald...

...White guys, who are often discussed as being responsible for this corrupt racist pig inhabiting the White House I am especially pleased with this affirmation that such men among us exist.

I had dinner last night with 10 or 12 such men. They were almost all scientists or retired scientists, but we do exist, those of us who - unlike Republicans who will do anything for short term personal gain - love our country, our planet, and humanity, and most importantly, the young people we will soon leave behind.

Thank you very much for this uplifting post.

[True Blue American]

39. And thank you for the Scientists

Fat,old bald men are the best kind. IF, they are Democrats with brains!

[KPN]

35. K&R. Made my morning!

[redstatebluegirl]

36. Bless them! We all need to use this as something to keep us going forward.

We all have to do what we can, anything we can to make all of this go away.

[Dem_4_Life]

37. WOW that is amazing

That brings me to tears. What a fantastic thing to see. Thank you for sharing.

[rumble]

40. Abolish the border! Am I right?!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

41. We see you ...

[MarvinGardens]

42. Welcome to DU.

I don't think anyone here is saying abolish the border, are they?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

[MoonchildCA]

44. Did Faux tell you...

...that’s what we want to do?

[NNadir]

45. Personally, I'm just in favor of moving the border.

I suggest that we give Texas back to Mexico from whom we stole it at the point of the gun - assuming they actually want it - and leave all the ignorant racist uneducated assholes who live there to enjoy it, while we invite any Texans who may actually love the United States more than kissing Putin's punk's ass to move to the United States.

Believe me, I'd love it if the racists had their own country where they can all wave their confederate flags and wallow in their pig shit.

Of course, after the idiot bankruptcy king Trump drives the country into bankruptcy like he drove his hotels, and finds out that there's no one left to bail his fat ass out, the Mexican army will probably be able to kick down the cheap wall, and take whatever they want.

The ersatz "patriots" with the Confederate flags clearly hate this country, and have gone a long way to destroying it.

[LAS14]

43. K & R

[bdamomma]

46. The majority

of Americans are not monsters or ill informed and hateful like the tRump cult.

Nice to see some humanity.

[sheshe2]

47. Thank you George.

That brought a tear to my eye and a ray of hope.

He knows

Link to tweet

Something popping to mind seeing tweets about past generations surviving/not breaking from all the dark shit: A lot of them did die. Plenty did break.

Surviving means a lot of things, & fighting doesn't mean *we're* the ones who see the benefit. We're fighting beyond ourselves.
3:06 PM - 27 Jun 2018

[George II]

48. This really affected me almost to the point of being obsessed with him, so....

I did some searching around, and found out more about this man. Turns out there was an article and video about him on the Hartford Courant website a month ago.

He's 78 years old, and has been walking 2.2 miles every day since January 25 - rain/shine/sleet/snow.

http://www.courant.com/hometown-heroes/hc-hh-hometown-hero-al-dornan-wethersfield-20180607-story.html

[Gothmog]

49. This makes me smile

[George II]

50. Update: After more than 500 consecutive days, Mr. Dornan doesn't walk any more due to scoliosis....

....instead he now sits in a chair on the corner near his house with his sign, waving at people who drive by (most beep their horns) for an hour and a half.

The man is amazing - there was a rally in his neighborhood yesterday afternoon.

https://fox61.com/2019/07/25/wethersfield-man-spreading-a-message-of-support-for-immigrants/

[awesomerwb1]

51. Mr Dornan is awesome

Beautiful human being. Been following each other on Twitter for a couple of years now maybe.

This is his Twitter for anyone who wants to show him some love.

Alan-BOYCOTT AMAZON-Dornan
@ad81109

[flamingdem]

52. k & r

[lapucelle]

53. That's beautiful.

God bless this man.

[democrank]

54. Thanks for posting this.

So many good people out there

[LetMyPeopleVote]

55. This makes me smile

[lapucelle]

56. Amazing. Thanks for posting.