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On Friday, however, military event organizers asked the California Department of Transportation for a sign along the I-5 that read “Overhead fire in progress.”

And despite the millions in attendance nationwide, it was quite peaceful, as the “No Kings” organizers promised.

But he had already begun a career as a political organizer and civil-rights advocate; he was the first executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Alan Rankin, lead organizer this year, says it has also helped bind villagers together at a time when some other Highlands communities saw their populations dwindle.

The Wall Street Journal dispatched photographers around the country to capture the rallies and events, which organizers say totaled more than 2,500.