16th Annual Granny D Memorial Walk
Sat, Aug 02
|Peterborough, NH
Join Open Democracy in honoring the legacy of Granny D, who famously walked across the US to raise public awareness of the need for reforming the way campaigns are funded. This is a 6.2 mile walk ending at the 2025 Democracy Festival in Peterborough.
Time & Location
Aug 02, 2025, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Peterborough, NH, 48 Grove St, Peterborough, NH 03458, USA
About the event
At age 89, Granny D famously walked across the United States to raise public awareness of the need for reforming the way campaigns are funded. Her efforts later resulted in the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (repealed by SCOTUS in 2010). We have carried on her tradition of walking to bring attention to the ongoing issue of big money politics by holding an annual Granny D Memorial Walk.
This year's walk honoring our founder Doris "Granny D" Haddock will begin near Granny D's home on Cobb Meadow Rd. in Dublin at 9 am (Please plan to park in Peterborough at Riverwalk (48 Grove St.) and be shuttled to the start of the walk). The first shuttle will leave around 8:30 and the last shuttle will leave Riverwalk at 8:45 am. NOTE that we will stop for a bathroom break about mid-way, there are porta-potties behind Toadstool Bookstore (just over the Riverwalk Bridge).
We'll walk approximately 6.2…