Shortly after we began watching the opening speeches of the two party leaders in the Senate, the screen shifted to a large group of protesters outside the capitol building. Alarmed, we decided to follow the action on our TV. We watched, stunned, for the rest of the day as the PBS news reporters followed the events. In the evening, we again watched as Congress voted to certify Biden as our next legally elected President. We heard Trump's speeches to the people, and listened to many respected experts' comments. We heard what many of our elected officials actually said, and we saw the videos of the take over of our nation's Capitol building.
Here are my memories as a non-affiliated observer of this infamous day:
