Supposedly they did show up at the services, but no one saw them. The streets were lined with flags and signs delcaring their support. David ran into a few of our friends (Vietnam and Korean war vets) who went. They said that the fanatics probably took a look at the 2000+ people, the S.W.A.T team with their "paddy wagons" and the Kern County Fire Department with their ladder truck decked out with a huge flag and turned the other way. The threat of the protest only brought out more people in the 106 temps.
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