Vigil in Support of the Ukraine

 I did attend the vigil in the support of the Ukraine which was held last night.   There were a couple hundred people there, I would have wished for more. Lubbock has a small Ukrainian community, many associated with Texas Tech University, and some of whom were present. Also in the group were Russians, who were supportive of the Ukrainian people .Vigil in support of the Ukraine in Lubbock.

I realize that this was hastily organized, but ethnocentric as people in the United States are, it consisted of songs glorifying the United States, although a couple of Ukrainians, and some in the crowd, sang the national anthem of  the Ukraine.  I am not sure what I would have done differently.  The songs about the US were about patriotism, and freedom.  The speeches were well done:  they brought together the US history and our fight for liberation from England, twice, and how that can be compared or related to the current fight in which the Ukraine and Russia are engaged.  But I suspect that many people in the crowd, self included, did not know much about the history of the Ukraine, and this was the best that could be done on short notice.   

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