My Old Burlington Washington Hometown NO KING Protest Today

As more and more info comes in about today's NO KINGS Protests 2.0 it is looking like this is shaping up to be an historical event of the rare sort.

I do not remember protests, previously, world-wide, in support of America, in a time of America being in dire need of support.

I don't know if America has ever been at this level of dire support need before, of the current sort, except for, maybe, the Civil War, long ago.

The above image I screen capped from Facebook, moments ago. Today's scene in my old hometown of Burlington, Washington.

A small town. Only about 3,000 in population when I was a resident. Currently closer to 10,000. 

Burlingtonians turned out, on both sides of the town's biggest road, now known as Burlington Boulevard, previously known as Highway 99, before Interstate 5 arrived in the 1960s, a short distance to the west.

The Skagit Breaking Facebook post from which I screen capped the above photo was a video. The video was well done and showed how HUGE the turnout was in Burlington. I can share the Facebook post, on Facebook, but not copy the video to this blog post.

I wish today's NO KINGS Protest in Wichita Falls was as well done, and lively, as I am seeing elsewhere in America, and all over the world....

Wichita Falls Hamilton Park Rainy No Kings Protest 2.0

By the time I arrived at Hamilton Park for the No Kings Protest the HUGE Hamilton Park parking lot was full.

I did not bring an umbrella with me, as the rain had ceased raining by the time I left my abode. But, rain had again begun raining by the time I reached Hamilton Park.

Not wanting to get rain soaked my No Kings Protest consisted of a couple drive-bys, snapping photos through my window. With the result being I was only able to photo document a little of the protesting crowd.

I do not know why No Kings Protest 2.0 was switched to Hamilton Park from the No Kings Protest 1.0, which took place in downtown Wichita Falls. 

That protest, last July, saw a lot of protesting action in the form of people driving by, honking their horns. Such drive-by horn honking protest action is not possible at the Hamilton Park location.

My arrival was early in today's 2-hour protest time. With the crowd already noticeably, significantly larger than the July downtown protest crowd.

Had the inclement weather not kept some protestors from protesting, I don't know where they would have parked had they opted to brave the rain and occasional lightning strikes.

Sunday Morning Thunderstorm Look At Yesterday's No King Protests

The early Sunday morning zoomed view from my kitchen window. Rain is downpouring, thunder is booming. 

It has now rained, hard, for almost an hour. 

I have greatly enjoyed seeing all the photo documentation on the various news sources documenting how HUGE yesterday's world-wide NO KINGS Protests were.

Well, more precisely, enjoyed news sources other than FOX News, which has a alternative reality version of yesterday, including not letting the FOX propaganda recipients know what a low attendance debacle Trump's embarrassing parade turned out to be. 

I could only take a couple minutes of watching that parade. It looked ridiculous. Big tanks rolling by Trump's viewing stand, where he did not look like a happy birthday boy, sitting next to his bizarre Secretary of Defense and his wife. To be clear, the wife I refer to is Trump's, not the bizarre Secretary of Defense's current wife.

I blogged about my NO KINGS Protest experience yesterday in Downtown Wichita Falls Texas No Kings In America Protest. That blog post has had an unusually high number of page views.

The Wichita Falls Times New Record online version had zero coverage of yesterday's downtown Wichita Falls well attended protest. 

But, the Texoma Homepage did report the protest. The Texoma Homepage is the online version of the local NBC affiliate, KFDX Channel 3

Compared to elsewhere in America, the turnout protesting in Wichita Falls was not as big. The hundreds gathered seemed like a large crowd to me.

My old home zone's Skagit Valley Herald had zero photos or reporting about yesterday's NO KING Protests in any of the Skagit Valley towns. I know large crowds were expected in Mount Vernon and Burlington.

Former Burlingtonian, Miss Tamara A, currently residing in the Skagit Valley town of Anacortes, last night Facebook messaged me the following, documenting the NO KINGS Protest in Anacortes.

1,000! Now that is a big turnout.

But, not quite as big as the turnout in another town in my old home zone.

Other photos of the Seattle NO KINGS Protest gave a better look at the crowd size than the one I screen capped from the Seattle Times.

I have not yet seen an estimate of the total number estimated to have participated yesterday, worldwide in the NO KINGS Protests. The number has be in the millions. The number of millions is the question not yet answered.