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Planning for the 4th Annual 2026 Granny D Walk and Democracy Festival has begun!  It will be August 1, 2026.  The walk will begin at 9 am near Granny D's former home on Cobb Meadow Rd in Dublin and will cover approximately 6.2 miles to Depot Square in Peterborough for an afternoon of celebrating democracy with music, speakers, entertainment for the kids, food and CAKE!  (Please CLICK HERE for info on the walk)

Speakers:

Our featured speaker will be John Bonifaz, a political activist specializing in constitutional law and voting rights. He is the president and co-founder of Free Speech for People,  the founder of the National Voting Rights Institute and a former candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, as well as an accomplished author.

Charlie Savage is a recent ConVal high school graduate and a student at Saint Anselm College with a major in politics on a pre law trajectory. Charlie recently hosted a very successful voter registration drive at his high school with Open Democracy and hopes to be able to continue to expand voter access in the future. 

Entertainment:

We'll have music by FolkSoul Duo: Leslie Vogel and Fred Simmons live in Greenfield, New Hampshire.  With their home umbrella organization, Folksoul Music, which includes their Folksoul Duo, the band Tattoo and the Folksoul Band, they have been bringing American Roots music of all styles to the communities of the Monadnock Region and beyond for the past three decades.  During Doris “Granny D” Haddock’s run for US Senate in New Hampshire Fred and Leslie and a couple of other friend musicians decided to become Granny D’s personal marching band as she walked into the many towns of this state to give her memorable campaign speeches in the village squares.

Eve Pierce is a passionate and charismatic singer-songwriter who currently splits her time between writing and performing her original songs, performing the lead vocals for the Celtic Rock band Waking Finnegan, and creating Folk Cabarets with her friend and fellow musician Gordon Peery.  Her debut album "Save the Bell Tower"  was released in 2021 and is available for purchase and download. She is currently working on her next solo album and Waking Finnegan’s first album.  You can learn more about her at evepierce.com.

Artist Sophia Asbury will join us to do caricature art!  Have your caricature done in a variety of sizes.  They make great gifts! Check out all of Sophia's art HERE.

We'll provide the main portion of the potluck, a selection of treats from La Piñata Mexican Grill in Jaffrey, as well as water and free ice cream donated by Ben & Jerry's!  If you would like to bring something for the shared meal, email [email protected] and let her know what you are bringing.

We need volunteers!  Please fill out THIS FORM if you are willing to serve as a shuttle driver, a crossing guard, a setup or clean up person, serving lunch or ice cream or any of the other myriad of volunteer opportunities we will have!  

The site is accessible, please email if you need special assistance/arrangements.  Please park at the Riverwalk parking lot.  48 Grove St.  It is a very short distance over the Riverwalk Bridge to Depot Square.

Donations are gratefully accepted to help pay for the festival.  You can make a tax deductible donation HERE.

Special thanks to our wonderful cosponsors for their financial, planning organizational support:  League of Women Voters/NH, NH Council of Churches, NH Peace Action,