Signing in the rain

Protest at First Amendment Monument

It’s hard out here for a protestor. But a drizzly afternoon didn’t deter a handful of locals who came out to the First Amendment Monument on May 2, following President George Bush’s veto of the war spending bill. They were organized by MoveOn.org, which staged similar protests around the country.

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