No No Kings Day

The No Kings Day effort, scheduled for noon in our environs, came to naught. Elaine and I made signs this morning, ate an early lunch, donned our base layers and other items of apparel, and made our way to the county courthouse. We arrived about ten minutes late. The courthouse was closed, of course, for President’s Day. Few cars in sight: plenty of free parking! Not one person in sight, with or without a sign.

Very puzzling: the person who had announced the local effort made a point of saying that it was to be kept quiet. Which makes me suspect that keeping a gathering quiet might not always be a smart choice.

Elaine has posted photographs of our signs so that someone else will see them. Hers is the nicer one. My effort, I have learned, was anticipated years ago by the hip-hop collective Doomtree.