1 December 2021 — 1028 mst

Marching alone to promote freedom from mandates

Meet Sharon, an unvaccinated resident of Kalispell who has strong concerns about vaccine, and presumably mask, mandates, and about teaching critical race theory in K–12 schools. After discussing those subjects with family and friends, she decided to take action — to march for what she thought was right — instead of just bellyaching. Not knowing like-minded groups in the Flathead, she placed an ad in The Mountain Trader.

At noon Friday, 26 November, she conducted a one-woman honk-’n-wave at Depot Park in Kalispell. The next day, under sunny skies, she soloed again until I joined her to take photographs and talk to her. She’s a pleasant woman, proud of and worried about her grandchildren.

She said she would march again on Sunday. I’m sure she did, but I don’t know whether she was alone, or whether she joined the 1400 protest at the county courthouse that was part of Missoula County Tyranny’s series of protests around the state.