5/26/15: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders officially launched his presidential campaign Tuesday at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. National and local media flocked to cover the event and supporters numbered in the thousands. Eva talked to attendees at the waterfront and in City Hall Park about what brought them out to hear Bernie speak.

Music: Mango Jam, Nicole Nelson, “God Bless America,” Bernie, We Shall Overcome, “This Land is Your Land,” Recorded November 1987, Courtesy of Todd R. Lockwood Works

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This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2015.

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Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received...