My small town was lit today
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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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Ty for sharing! 
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Thanks so much for posting! 
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.
More of this is exactly what this country needs. by sharing your town's love of our democracy.......
Good trouble!...................
Your LOVE for AMERICA flows in every tear.
...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/
thanks
