Seeger and Guthrie Join Occupy Wall Street

PROTEST

Updated Apr. 24, 2017 2:34PM EDT / Published Oct. 22, 2011 9:50AM EDT

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The Occupy Wall Street protesters got a visit from folk music legends Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. The 92-year-old Seeger marched on the Upper West Side with the help of two canes, shouting the verses to protest anthems along with musician-grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger, composer David Amram and bluesman Guy Davis. At the center of Columbus Circle, Guthrie joined Seeger and Amram in singing “We Shall Overcome,” Seeger's famous protest anthem.

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Seeger and Guthrie Join Occupy Wall Street

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