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TaxDayEarthDayMaine April 18 Monday, Pop-Up Art Exhibit
TaxDay/Earth Day!
Street Art Pop-Up Art Exhibit.
#TaxDayEarthDay 2022, #GDAMS2022
Congress Sq. Park, Portland, Maine
Share on Tweet and with your friends.
Share your music. Poems.
#Resist War Industry, #People Over Pentagon!
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