In the dark, no one knows what you’re marching for unless you make it really obvious
Hundreds of people marching down the street along the downtown Portland waterfront. Glow in the dark necklaces. Matching T-shirts. Red and white balloons as far as the eyes could see. Kids in strollers and red wagons. Police escorts.
Just what were they marching for?
There were signs and banners, but the print and logos was so small and non-distinct you’d have to be marching right alongside them to decrypt any of it. Timing the event after sunset didn’t help the readability of their cause, either.
They weren’t yelling and angry, so that rules out a protest.
There were many young children out past their bedtime, so it’s probably family oriented.
Nearly everyone was smiling, although since a majority of the crowd were children I could attribute their glee to being out past their bedtime.
My best guess is that it was a march for a disease that primarily affects children or an organization that benefits children.
Usually the point of marching, especially in a group as large as the one that was gathered, is to call attention to a cause. You got my attention, folks. What was the message supposed to be?
Perhaps they were minions being summonnded to their…Wait… Sorry, too much Lovecraft…