Many, many cultural groups were converging on Philadelphia. Hundreds of thousands of people were brandishing a sense of duty in "showing up".
Two military report editors were unofficially observing "the event". As were all the media networks, some cable news reporters, writers (in and out of associations with publishing platforms), and a burgeoning privately armed public.
Practicing technicians were pressed on failsafes and disruptions and hacks. People in tanks and "bunkers" needed assurances.
"Yes, yes, equality." A film director assured a cameraperson who'd done some work Overseas. "The Constitution supports equality amongst citizens." The pass-badge had to have a photo on it and this had to match up to "credentials" and ID's.
"Thees ees because..." The camera person was clearly temporarily blinded by tears held in, but about to brim. "Can't talk with you exactly as we do in the battlefield right now."
It was not the only rocket launcher pulled from the weeds in the garden of America. Select people walked around it to photograph, document, and take guesses as to identifying it. The ones who knew what each one was kept quiet and used the moment as a "learning opportunity". Not just who'd memorized what, but also how different people work differently within an overall framework made up of processes, procedures, and commanders' directives.
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