>>935809393at best that pic of the national mall is misleading. I was there; there were two huge lines going from the national history museum all the way to the capitol even as late as 6PM. Probably enough to triple the people we saw at the parade on TV.
I think they were in line for the parade, and they were in the wrong line - because that was for the military festival, a separate but related event. It was damn hot and I think most of them gave up trying to get in when they got through the festival and realized they were supposed to be in a different line all along.
i did that.
so people showed up, they just went to the wrong place, because none of it was fucking signposted and it doesn't make any goddamn sense to hide the actual line where they did - it was a fucking maze, literally a maze of waist-high fences and secret service ready to shoot you for hopping them.
anyways fuck trump but the military stuff was cool.