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Source: Sacramento Bee
It was the largest protest rally in Sacramento so far over COVID-19 shutdowns with haircuts on the side.
At least 2,000 demonstrators came to the Capitol on Saturday to march around the grounds, feast on barbecue and demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom lift his restrictions on business, religious gatherings and other trappings of everyday life.
The demonstration, dubbed Liberty Fest, was a cross between a tailgate party, music festival and political statement. Organizers said it would be countrys largest Memorial Day weekend protest against coronavirus stay-at-home orders.
A massive throng gathered along 10th Street, facing the west steps of the Capitol, with hundreds arriving hours before the official noon start. Two busloads came from Southern California, organized by anti-vaccination protesters.
Read more: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article242946886.html
THAT is how they honor Americans who died for their country in World War I...which overlapped a pandemic?
EDIT: According to Stanford University: "An estimated 43,000 servicemen mobilized for WWI died of influenza."