American troops are bivouacked in the Capitol Building for the first time since the Civil War:

[George II]

[Irish_Dem]

1. Holy God, and they don't think Trump should be impeached?

The GOP has gone totally insane.
They deserve to be thrown to the wind.

[LakeArenal]

2. Civil War I. On to Civil War II

[SheltieLover]

4. Precisely Civil War 2

They HATE that we could have a Black woooooman president.

That's a large part of whar is driving this.

[DURHAM D]

3. What a funny word. Haven't heard it for awhile.

The word bivouac is French and ultimately derives from an 18th-century Swiss German usage of Beiwacht (bei by, Wacht watch or patrol). It referred to an additional watch that would be maintained by a military or civilian force to increase vigilance at an encampment.

[DURHAM D]

5. Good question -

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[SheltieLover]

6. Does this mean troops are living there?

[former9thward]

7. Someone is being sloppy with their history or ignoring it.

Mayday, 1971, 200,000 people showed up in DC for a week of protests. The White House, Capitol building and Pentagon, among others were all surrounded and there were troops in all government buildings. People occupied all the bridges leading into and out of DC. The Justice Dept headquarters was attacked and fire bombed. The slogan was "If the government won't stop the war, we will stop the government" And the government was stopped.

[llashram]

8. unprecedented times

we all are living in...most dangerous I've ever seen. 60'S search for voting and human rights by all denied, 99.9% peaceful demonstrations? Honourable. Jan 6 2021? Dishonour before Constitution and country. I thank these men and women. Torn away from their careers and families by treasonous and seditious insurrectionists and their now impeached, again, leader

[DURHAM D]

9. Interesting -

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