At a No Kings Rally, I Found a Reason to Wave the American Flag

At a No Kings Rally, I Found a Reason to Wave the American Flag

On Oct. 17, in honor of No Kings 4.0, I found myself standing at a suburban intersection littered with big-box stores in my once farm-filled Vermont town. There, local organizers with Indivisible gave weekend activists like myself sturdy signs that said “VOTE” on one side, with an American flag on the reverse. I’m not much given to following rules, or holding signs that other people give me with messages worked out by committee. And I can’t reme…