Peace march joins the Turkey Shoot
The annual Turkey Shoot will have a new section this year: a peace march.
This may be the smallest peace march in the world--not to mention the only one with goats and absolutely the only one named "shoot."
Organizer Shannon McGowan said that while this may be tiny compared with the big marches elsewhere, "This way, our community makes the statement. The little people need to realize that our voice is important." She has survived cancer of the lung, liver and brain. "I've fought hard to live, so peace is very important to me," she said.
The Turkey Shoot has been Point tradition ever since the Hotel Mac kitchen crew took a break one Thanksgiving morning years ago. Since then, it has grown. Among other things, goat farmer, architect and city councilman Tom Butt herds his goats.
No reservations necessary. Just show up at by 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning in front of the Richmond Plunge (on West Richmond Avenue just east of the wigwag crossing). Bring your own sign (no need to be elaborate) or try to pick up one McGowan and friends may have made ahead of time.
The parade and march goes west on West Richmond, right on Park Place, right on Washington and ends at The Spot bar. There, tradition is to knock back a shot of Wild Turkey.