Today was Flag Day, commemorating the date in 1777 the United States approved the design for our national flag. The Flag Resolution stated "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
Today was also “No Kings” day with peaceful rallies held all across the country, denouncing the authoritarian currently occupying the People’s House. Throughout New Hampshire there were thirty or more such rallies scheduled and held during the day. Here in Keene, we had a very successful rally with roughly 2000 people attending, organized by the Keene Rally Coalition. There was a People’s March, music, raffles, writing postcards to elected officials, other postcards urging people to vote, food, a food drive for the Community Kitchen, sign painting, t-shirts, hula-hooping.
People lined the road with their signs and the air was filled with the sounds of car horns blaring in return. While we had Peacekeepers on site, one could tell just from the positive atmosphere this was a peaceful protest. These were American citizens invoking their First Amendment right.
Check out the pictures here.
