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Dennis Donovan

(30,498 posts)
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 03:54 PM Saturday

Alt National Park Service: The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands

Alt National Park Service
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The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands. We’re already seeing over one million in attendance nationwide, and events are still underway. Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ohio all had especially surprising showings.




April 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM




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Alt National Park Service: The turnout in small towns across the country has been incredible drawing crowds of thousands (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Saturday OP
We turned out 150+ in my dinky town. flashman13 Saturday #1
Good on you all! electric_blue68 Saturday #10
This is so Great.. love ❤️ all Cha Saturday #2
This is so Great.. love ❤️ all Cha Saturday #3
Big respect all who participate. Magoo48 Saturday #4
I hope they are receiving a lot of coverage senseandsensibility Saturday #5
Having gone on Google I'm seeing on line coverge ftom TV and Newspsper websites 👍 electric_blue68 Saturday #11
My buddy is at that protest in Cincinnati Bristlecone Saturday #6
Very cool! electric_blue68 Saturday #13
We had 330, in pouring rain, in Glens Falls nuxvomica Saturday #7
Yay for them! electric_blue68 Saturday #14
Upstate New York nuxvomica Saturday #19
Oh.. ..Stefanik. But good on them! I thought it might be NYS, bc we traveled tbrough NYS on family vacations electric_blue68 Saturday #20
Hailey, Idaho idahoblue Saturday #8
Idaho! Been impressed with Idaho's turnout. 👍 electric_blue68 Saturday #15
We had two in Akron, OH Ms. Toad Saturday #9
Well done! I remember you woking on that. 👍 electric_blue68 Saturday #16
Now we're talking LilElf70 Saturday #12
Yay, it makes me happy to hear! 1WorldHope Saturday #17
around 50 in our tiny town of Eureka Springs, AR WhiteTara Saturday #18
Kick Some More.. TY! Cha Sunday #21
Very heartening. Martin68 Sunday #22
Joshua Tree Chilopsis Sunday #23
Anyone hear how it compared to two weeks ago? nilram Sunday #24
We had 400 in my small town and 500 in the town next door, plus lots of support from drivers passing by. OMGWTF Sunday #25

senseandsensibility

(21,738 posts)
5. I hope they are receiving a lot of coverage
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 05:02 PM
Saturday

in their resective local media outlets because what they are doing is NEWSWORTHY.

electric_blue68

(21,037 posts)
11. Having gone on Google I'm seeing on line coverge ftom TV and Newspsper websites 👍
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 06:36 PM
Saturday

Like The Columbus Dispatch.
[Ohio]

electric_blue68

(21,037 posts)
20. Oh.. ..Stefanik. But good on them! I thought it might be NYS, bc we traveled tbrough NYS on family vacations
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 10:28 PM
Saturday

(New England, too. And Canada)

Ms. Toad

(36,720 posts)
9. We had two in Akron, OH
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 06:29 PM
Saturday

Turnout was smaller than 4/5 - BUT the start of the protest coincided with pull-your-car-over-not-safe-to-drive rains and the two were simultaneous (so you had to choose).

I took my latest art piece. I decided it needed to go work, rather than hang around on my wall.

1WorldHope

(1,150 posts)
17. Yay, it makes me happy to hear!
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 06:43 PM
Saturday

I couldn't participate today. But we did drive by here in Lincoln NE. I went late and I'll bet there were 300-400 or more I never was good at estimating crowd sizes.

WhiteTara

(30,710 posts)
18. around 50 in our tiny town of Eureka Springs, AR
Sat Apr 19, 2025, 07:17 PM
Saturday

we're in the middle of tornado and severe storm watches.

Chilopsis

(2 posts)
23. Joshua Tree
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 11:09 AM
Sunday

Close to 400 demonstrators in the little desert community of Joshua Tree, Ca. We were @ 600 feet from the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center. Responses from passing motorists were uniformly enthusiastic and supportive.

OMGWTF

(4,682 posts)
25. We had 400 in my small town and 500 in the town next door, plus lots of support from drivers passing by.
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 03:44 PM
Sunday

It was cold and rained the entire time, but I had a great experience and met some really cool people. My sign read: "Too much shit to list" on one side and "F ELON & 47" on the other side. Some of the others I liked were: "If you can't spot the con, you are the mark. Wake up!" "That smell of a rotting Republic is MUSKy" "The Emperor's new clothes (T💩p in an orange jumpsuit)" and "Measles Are Going Around" (MAGA). The last one was written on a white board this guy bought because there is so much to protest against. I thought it was a great idea.

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