MARLBORO — At last year's Annual Town Meeting, through a proposal by “Woody” Eugen Bernhard and language amended by the town, Marlboro voted that “we, the voters of the Town of Marlboro, Vermont, proudly support the civil rights of all people without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, disability, age, or education level.”
This year, Woody was at it again on Town Meeting Day.
Aided by his spouse, Susan Kunhardt, and fellow Marlboro residents Joe Mazue, Marcia Hamilton, and Steven John, they placed a banner reading “Civil Rights for All” on the side of the Marlboro Meeting House on March 6.
The Selectboard, which supported the idea, allowed banner to stay on the side of the Meeting House until March 14.
The 25 foot by 3 foot banner also has been displayed in Brattleboro, Putney, and other towns around Windham Counry around holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day.
There are plans for more appearances of the banner in the future.