I see the appeal of gawking, but if I went I’d be sure I was obviously a protester, not an attendee. I think a sign would be better than just a shirt.
However, I’m not sure I’d be up for the abuse I’d suffer as a sole protestor. And a large organized protest is too easily spun as a protest against the US, not Trump.
I guess I’m convincing myself that I’d stay away too.
You can’t win wrestling with a pig. Just laugh and point from a suitable distance.
“America Thinks It’s Got Talent”.
Hmm, I take your points, @Procrustus @TroutMan and @LSLGuy . You may be right.
Fortunately, there’s no way in hell I could so, so I don’t have to worry about it.
Wasn’t that just last year???
(Truly, every month these days DOES feel like a whole year…)
You wouldn’t be ‘sole’—though perhaps if wandering through those pathetic states’ displays, you wouldn’t be part of a large crowd. But by several accounts, there ARE large crowds of protesters just a few blocks away:
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/27/nx-s1-5871188/as-america-turns-250-protesters-make-their-case
I don’t know if it was 4-H or American farmers or whatever, but a cow there was named Melania.
I’m in Colorado, and I’m enjoying this fair very much.
I am and I do and I won’t
Veni, vidi, merde.
I came. I saw. It was shite.
If I were still at the DC job I had 2018-24 I could see myself doing a quick walkaround over an extended lunch break or at the end of the day, just to get the real sense of it. But would not do a dedicated daytrip from across the river for it.
He tried to have one in 2018. But that fell apart. He did have one in June 2025.
So you’re right and I’m a bit right but mostly wrong. Just like this cockamamie parade idea: mostly wrong.
I grew up up in Silver Spring. I can guarantee that neither my folks nor I would get anywhere near this fiasco. Not only would we not want to support the current regime, but even if it was something that we might find appealing, the idea of fighting crowds to see what’s what would be off-putting.
Crowds?
Right. If it was some event that we might like, it’s likely that a majority of DC area residents might like it, too. So - crowds. In this case, we could have the whole place to ourselves and still not want to go.
What are you talking about? They’re waiting in the reflecting pool.
Veni, vidi, fece works, too. Honestly I’m not which I like better.
She reminds of the matriarch, (Mamie White passed away 2006) of the Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. (pretty crazy clan)
https://www.imdb.com/video/vi745801497/?ref_=ttvg_vi_1
Gonna be difficult with 85° and thunder expected at fireworks time.
And an expected heat index around 105° at that time.
Humidity and fireworks do not mix well. Last time we watched the fireworks in person, we did so from the grounds of the Air Force Memorial. Hardly saw a thing because all the smoke just accumulated in place and hung there for the duration.
As a foreigner, if I was in Washington DC right now, I’d want to see the sights: the Smithsonian, the Lincoln Memorial, the Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, and so on.
Not a mini-putt for Indiana, and a couple of chairs for Maine.
Pretty sure that was supposed to be “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, the Loretta Lynn song.