We don’t archive much web stuff anymore. The older entries are deleted so the site is fresher on your end, while the volume of data files is more manageable for us. However, this incident from several years ago deserves to linger a while longer…

It was all about Free Speech and Freedom of Assembly, two critical points in our Bill of Rights which continue to dwindle…

Did you know that Roanoke’s Market Building Foundation once tried to ban Plowshare Peace and Justice Center from holding their monthly Peace Vigils? Yup. They tried to forbid us from using the public sidewalk.

We decided to sue them in Federal Court, noting that a private company cannot declare public sidewalks off-limits.

We won, of course, but we still worry about what happens if peaceful assemblies and protests are ever banned… Our government and the status quo continue to make it harder for the public to complain about anything.