This afternoon’s “Snowmen of Love” project — a ringing response to the antisemitic snowman discovered Sunday at Newman Poses Preserve — drew a spirited, creative, all-ages crowd to Saugatuck Congregational Church.
“06880” photographer Ryan Allen was there too. The Staples High School sophomore captured all the joy and fun of the day.
(All photos/Ryan Allen)
Posted in Pic of the Day, Politics, religion
Despite just a couple of hours’ notice — and in the middle of a busy weekday afternoon — many Westporters showed up today, on the Saugatuck Congregational Church lawn.
Some were congregants; others were not. Some were in the prime of their snowman-making days; others were well past.
All went to work, turning last night’s snowfall into an even prettier site: “Snowmen of Love.”
That’s the name Rev. Kari Nicewander gave to a quickly conceived project.
The goal was to counter Sunday’s snowman of hate: a crude representation of Adolf Hitler — complete with swastika, mustache, and outstretched arm salute — at Newman Poses Preserve.
They had fun. They worked together. They drank hot chocolate.
And they sent a message to everyone passing by, on Post Road East: Our snowmen have hearts.
(All photos/Karen Kim)
(Photo/Harris Falk)
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