Restday in Fort Wayne

The windforcast made us stay here in Fort Wayne, but we also wanted to see this town a bit more. It was well worth it, a day full of events. It started with the Halloween Pet Parade. Unreal, just have a look at our picture. Then we walked straight into a anti Wall Street demonstration. That was very interesting, about 200 people had gathered to demonstrate against the fact, that 99% of the people are getting poorer and poorer, while the rest takes of the cream. Many speakers complained, that while the US is wasting its money on useless wars, the US does not even have the money to run a decent health care system. Of course, the political corruption, the loss of jobs, the bad financial situation of the country and its states as well as the sellout of US industry to China were loudly criticized. Finally I must say! I can only hope, that enough people wake up. It´s really sad to see what happens here. Today it was written in the newspaper, that Pittsburg (PA) has filled for bankrupty protection. The capital of Pennsylvania has a dept of 300 millon dollars with 49´000 people living there. One just wonders, what kind of political leaders such a place has. An other town just stopped paying for the firefighters, what means when it burns nobody might show up to fight the fire. Nevertheless, watching TV, the politicians in DC call the US the best country on earth. If that was true, perhaps its time to try an other planet.



The Masonic temple



After the demo we got un unexpected guided tour of a masonic temple, impressive and somehow chilling. But it seemed, that in modern times, there are not so active anymore.

The wonderfuil highlight came in the evening. We went to the theatre to see a musical of the story and fight of Hi-Hat Hattie. She was a black woman starring in "Gone with the wind" and got the first Oscar ever received by a black actor. It was a performance done by one woman alone, acting and singing, Pat Hunt her name. We loved her singing, Gospel and Blues. What a voice!