Jim Neal donned his father’s World War II veteran hat and carried a sign proclaiming his own status as a Marine veteran on the Three Mile Drive overpass Saturday afternoon, joining a crowd of hundreds at Kalispell’s “No Kings” demonstration.

Some dressed in blow-up costumes or in yellow as they took over the overpass and the walking pathway along the Kalispell bypass. They held signs, some lighthearted and others proclaiming more serious accusations, like comparing ICE officers to the Ku Klux Klan.

Neal, a 72-year-old retired firefighter, paramedic and Flathead Valley Community College professor, said veterans like him have “fought against tyranny since the beginning of our country.”

“And so, I wear my father’s hat to honor his memory, and I state the fact that I’m a veteran on my sign

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