Went to the Manchester Road protest in St. Louis today.

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https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/hands-off-rally-held-in-ballwin-protesting-trumps-policies-and-musk/
Sorry about the faux news link, but you can see my hands holding a "Hands Off Libraries" sign (#6/12) in this group of pictures. I had layers of clothes, a jacket and a poncho on, so I couldn't lift my arms very high. You can't see my face, I'm covered by the sign! My chance to be in the news, and no closeup! I had a great time despite the very cold, (49 degrees,) and damp weather. We lined up on the sidewalk with our signs, chanted, and waved at cars. I was there from 10:30am till 1:00pm. It rained pretty much the whole time. Pretty miserable weather. Most cars honked and/or waved in support, but there were a couple of coal rollers and a few hecklers. There were a few cars that had their own signs for a drive by protest. We guesstimated about a mile long line of protesters. My son made our signs, double sided so we could each protest two topics, mine were schools and social security. My son made extra signs and we gave them to one of the hosts for people to use. We used a large 2.5 gallon hefty storage bag to protect each sign from the rain, (put them in upside down and that worked a treat!) They can be reused for other protests. He glued the signs on cardboard and that worked very well, too. So for newbies our little group did pretty well! Looking forward to going to our next one!

Update: Just noticed the video, and guess what--my face was still covered! But the Hands Off library sign looked good!

2nd Update: Just found a post on Bluesky that said original protester count was 1468, then an additional 600+ showed up! Proud of my fellow St. Louisans. There were several other locations in St. Louis area, too. Does this old heart good to know that even in deep red Missouri people know this administration needs to go. Gave me a big boost mentally and spiritually today! Thank you to everyone all over the country and the world that are standing up to Trump!