{"id":21091,"date":"2018-01-20T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T21:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=21091"},"modified":"2018-01-21T01:13:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T08:13:32","slug":"hundreds-rally-for-womens-march-in-billings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2018\/01\/hundreds-rally-for-womens-march-in-billings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds rally for Women’s March in Billings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t
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At the beginning of the Women's March in Billings, hundreds gathered at North 31st Street and Second Avenue North. Jade Bahr, a House District 50 candidate, spoke from the back of a pickup truck. Click on the arrow at top right for more photos. <\/p><\/div>

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A young boy \u2014 with a sign that said \"I love my 2 moms\" \u2014 took the lead early on in the march.<\/p><\/div>

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Marchers stream down Second Avenue North.<\/p><\/div>

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A view of the march from the parking garage across Second Avenue from the federal courthouse.<\/p><\/div>

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Led by Native American ribbon-skirt dancers, marchers make their way down North 20th Street, with the Philips 66 refinery in the distance.<\/p><\/div>

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Some participants veered off the sidewalk and across the snowy lawn in North Park, to rally near the park's community center.<\/p><\/div>

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Singer Marian Booth Green warmed up the crowd with two rousing sing-alongs, \"I Am Woman\" and \"Respect.\"<\/p><\/div>

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The keynote speaker was Marci McLean, a Blackfeet tribal member and executive director of Western Native Voice in Billings.<\/p><\/div>

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Kathleen O'Donnell, a former member of the U.S. National Guard, fired up rally-goers with a call to action.<\/p><\/div>

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State Sen. Jen Gross, left, the emcee of the rally, assisted state Rep. Jessica Karjala during her address at North Park.<\/p><\/div>

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\"Today is your day,\" Amelia Danielle Marquez told rally-goers.<\/p><\/div>

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A flag flies over the rally in the North Park Community Center parking lot.<\/p><\/div>

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Lots of homemade signs were visible during the march, some straightforward, many humorous or whimsical. This marcher was a two-fisted sign carrier.<\/p><\/div>

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A twist on a well-known slogan.<\/p><\/div>

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One marcher was still working on her sign at North Park...<\/p><\/div>

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...resulting in this finished product.<\/p><\/div>

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Hard to argue with that.\n<\/p><\/div>

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Proud of her placard.<\/p><\/div>

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Some rally-goers climbed up on snowbanks for a better view.<\/p><\/div>

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A nod back to the Nixon era.<\/p><\/div>

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\"Feckless\" is almost as rare a word as \"dotard.\" Also, nice caricature.<\/p><\/div>

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The hanger has for years been the symbol of the days when abortion was illegal.<\/p><\/div>

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Short and sweet.<\/p><\/div>

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You go, girl.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>