“Not My President”‘s Day

I went to a protest against what is wrong with our government today, and discovered that a lot of people think there are a lot of things going wrong. It may be difficult to address these issues overall because there are so many of them. Most people could agree on one thing:

There were 300 people gathered at the courthouse, perhaps more. Many were my age, people who are retired, but there were lots of parents and younger people who chose to spend their President’s Day holiday demonstrating for issues that are important to them.

There were drums, there was chanting, and the onset of some rain didn’t slow people down. I stayed for an hour but then I left to do other things. Demonstrating takes time and effort. Some people put a lot into it. If demonstrations are held every month, I’ll go back next time with my own sign: Grandmothers for a better future!