July 6, 2012
‘Tiananmen Sid’ faces down tank in Paonia’s Fourth of July parade A standoff between a sign-wielding hairdresser in flip-flops and an anti-aircraft tank during Paonia’s annual Cherry Days Parade, held each Fourth of July, has generated social-media buzz about comparisons to China’s Tiananmen Square protests and the iconic image of a lone protestor standing in front of a line of tanks. Read the full story here. (Photo courtesy of Jim Brett)

‘Tiananmen Sid’ faces down tank in Paonia’s Fourth of July parade

A standoff between a sign-wielding hairdresser in flip-flops and an anti-aircraft tank during Paonia’s annual Cherry Days Parade, held each Fourth of July, has generated social-media buzz about comparisons to China’s Tiananmen Square protests and the iconic image of a lone protestor standing in front of a line of tanks. Read the full story here.

(Photo courtesy of Jim Brett)

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