'March For Our Lives' Will Step Off In Ardsley Saturday

ARDSLEY, NY — While about 200 area students, mostly from Hastings-on-Hudson, heading to Washington, DC, for the March for Our Lives demonstration, to demand effective gun control legislation, there will be a local march in Ardsley Saturday, March 24.

Ardsley High School student Rachel Kaufman said she was marching because safety of students is not a partisan issue.

“Our lives are at stake and we should not have to learn in fear that each day might be our last,” she said. “If lawmakers refuse to make change, we must do everything in our power to protect ourselves and those who could be victims of gun violence in the future.”

The march in Ardsley will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pascone Park. After an introductory speech at 11:15 a.m., the march will begin.

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The route, according to information from Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner, will be from Pascone Park down Ashford Avenue toward the American Legion and will loop up to McDowell via Heatherdell Road.

Marchers will convene at McDowell Field at 12:15 p.m. for a rally that will last until 1 p.m.

Speakers include state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers and Feiner, as well as high school and middle school students.

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.