Today is January 20th, Inauguration Day, the day Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris Vice President. Of course, this year, the crowd will consist of 25,000 National Guard troops, instead of spectators, due to concerns about possible violence from right wing extremists. There was also concern that there would be violence at all 50 statehouses this past Sunday. To check out whether this was the case, I took the bus that day to the Tattered Cover Bookstore, where I used to work as the bookkeeper, and then walked down Colfax Avenue to the Colorado State Capitol, where I took the above photograph. As you can see, the area was practically deserted, with the only protestors being three kids denouncing the two party system. Hopefully that will be the case today at the US Capitol, and we can all get back to going days and even weeks or months without thinking about political turmoil. I can dream, can't I?
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