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Many Hands Join In Orleans Protest
Residents and visitors gathered along Main Street by the village green in Orleans Saturday as part of the nationwide Hands Off! protests against actions taken by the Trump administration. PHOTOS COURTESY ANDREW DELORY
Protesters got creative in voicing their displeasure with the current administration.
State Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Provincetown, and State Rep. Hadley Luddy, D-Orleans, gathered with protestors Saturday in Orleans
ORLEANS – Main Street along the village green was lined with protestors Saturday united in opposition to the policies and actions of the Trump administration. The protest was one of several held throughout the country on April 5 as part of the Hands Off! Movement.
Others traveled a bit further to voice their opposition. Marianne Lewis and her mother, Carol, made the trek from Chatham out to Hyannis, where a larger protest was held in the Hyannis Rotary across from Cape Cod Gateway Airport that drew about a thousand people.
“My mother, she’s about to turn 80, she was definite. She was like ‘We are going,’” she said.
Lewis, co-owner of Violet’s on Main Street in Chatham, said that many motorists gave honks of support to the protesters, while others had creative signs fixed to their car windows. Only a handful of people expressed opposition to the protest, she said.
As a local business owner, Lewis expressed concern about the tariffs that are being placed on imported goods and materials, and the trickle down effect that could have on business owners such as herself.
“We’re in retail, we have stores,” she said. “So of course the tariffs are going to affect us as retailers and they’ll affect our customers. I ordered a bunch of stuff thinking it’s going to be a really good summer, and now for fall I’ve scaled way back as far as my ordering.”
Looking ahead, Lewis said she’s hopeful that the momentum from the Hands Off! Protests can be maintained, especially as visitors and vacationers are due to make their way to the region this summer.
“We could have a really strong showing at a lot of events,” she said.
Others traveled a bit further to voice their opposition. Marianne Lewis and her mother, Carol, made the trek from Chatham out to Hyannis, where a larger protest was held in the Hyannis Rotary across from Cape Cod Gateway Airport that drew about a thousand people.
“My mother, she’s about to turn 80, she was definite. She was like ‘We are going,’” she said.
Lewis, co-owner of Violet’s on Main Street in Chatham, said that many motorists gave honks of support to the protesters, while others had creative signs fixed to their car windows. Only a handful of people expressed opposition to the protest, she said.
As a local business owner, Lewis expressed concern about the tariffs that are being placed on imported goods and materials, and the trickle down effect that could have on business owners such as herself.
“We’re in retail, we have stores,” she said. “So of course the tariffs are going to affect us as retailers and they’ll affect our customers. I ordered a bunch of stuff thinking it’s going to be a really good summer, and now for fall I’ve scaled way back as far as my ordering.”
Looking ahead, Lewis said she’s hopeful that the momentum from the Hands Off! Protests can be maintained, especially as visitors and vacationers are due to make their way to the region this summer.
“We could have a really strong showing at a lot of events,” she said.
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