Some people have taken turns sitting at a desk they have placed on Broadway flanked by an American flag and a placard reading "Welcome to Liberty Park".
One woman summed it up nicely in a placard reading "Gays have the right to be as miserable as I make my husband".
This renown was a far cry from the days when she had to carry a homemade placard reading "Yes, I'm a reporter".
She picked up a placard reading "I AM A MAN" — battle cry turned gender bender — and marched down Beale Street, the home of the Memphis blues.
When Humphrey Lyttelton introduced an alto saxophonist into his line-up, a placard reading "Go home, dirty bopper" was waved at one of his gigs.
Red paint still remained on the 2012 Olympic clock, and a placard reading "Kill the Cuts" hung from the bronze statue of Saint Vincent.
One woman brandishing a placard reading "Men together is against God's will" came under a gale of kisses blown by marchers.
A thrilling (if brief) entertainment that was originally shown in vaudeville houses, the film is also a commercial, both for the railroad (the filmmakers have helpfully placed a placard reading "Sunset Limited" in the foreground) and for the Western landscape.
