My small town was lit today

[bigtree]

.

EVERYBODY came out! The ones that didn't attend drove by and honked their horns almost continuously, for over an hour, waving signs and flags from their vehicles.

No organized rally, just the community coming out to a major intersection, same spot where about 6 of us took over a corner every Saturday after Bush invaded Iraq, this time packed with hundreds of No-King protestors stretching out for almost two miles.

I'm not going to lie, I broke down and wept when I got to the packed intersection and dozens of cars were blaring their horns to the cheers of the demonstrators. Just wept uncontrollably.

I just got home and we can still hear them chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" miles away in our backyard. What a day!












































































mrs. tree


mr. tree














corner where a half dozen of us protested the Iraq invasion every Saturday afternoon, packed with folks








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[SheltieLover]

1. Outstanding!

Ty for sharing!

[bigtree]

23. what it's all about

...

[Lars39]

2. So good to see these awesome turnouts!

[malaise]

3. Nice

K & R

[whathehell]

4. Great stuff!

Thanks so much for posting!

[Nittersing]

5. What an uplifting post!!!

And thanks for all the pics!

[yorkster]

6. Just beautiful. I had the same reaction when

we got back from our local mega standout.
So many people all honking, waving. So many of us thanking each other for being there., encouraging each other because we all have further to go. It was very powerful and moving.

Thanks for the wonderful pics. Got me crying again in a good way.

[Leghorn21]

7. MARVELOUS, thank you so much for posting, bigtree!!

[Emile]

8. Thanks for posting all these patriotic pictures!

[Hekate]

9. You made my day, Bigtree

[DinahMoeHum]

10. "Without Due Process, It's Just Kidnapping":

Wow, I did a double take just now - I saw a sign just like that one in my hometown this afternoon at our No Kings protest.

For a while, I thought those pictures came from my event.

[ancianita]

11. Thanks for this. Looks like your town is lit with growing solidarity!

More of this is exactly what this country needs.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

12. Thanks for giving us that ray of hope...

by sharing your town's love of our democracy.......



Good trouble!...................

[Martin Eden]

13. You, my friend, are a TRUE PATRIOT

Your LOVE for AMERICA flows in every tear.

[LAS14]

14. Great photo album!!!!

If you have a good estimate of the number of attendees, could you post it here?

[bigtree]

16. Md. Reporter says 'several thousand'

...which is beyond anything I've seen on my 28 some years here.



UPDATE June 15, 2:07 p.m.: Here is a crowd-sourced estimate of the turnout across the country for as many as 2.100 protests.
https://marylandreporter.com/2025/06/14/no-kings-rally-brought-out-thousands-to-columbia/

[berniesandersmittens]

15. K & R

Thank you for sharing these. Much love for you, Mrs bigtree, and your community

[ShazamIam]

17. Thank you for the photos, it is almost like being there.

[electric_blue68]

18. Good on you, and your town! No shame in weeping if something moves you! Some great photos...

Signs...
Without due process
Constition, suggestion
No Nobel...
And that Dr King one

[proud patriot]

19. I want that dropkick murphy's shirt

[bigtree]

22. right?

...

https://dropkickmurphys.store/products/fighting-nazis-since-96-t-shirt-black

[proud patriot]

24. Rght on

thanks

[Skittles]

20. "NO NOBEL FOR YOU!"

[Joinfortmill]

21. Cool pics! Same in my small New England city