• Militias descend on Gettysburg over Antifa-rumored July 4th social media hoax

    Militias descend on Gettysburg over Antifa-rumored July 4th social media hoax

    Armed militias descended on Gettysburg on July 4 to protect the town from a flag-burning protest — that wound up being an apparent social media hoax, according to reports. Hundreds of counterprotesters were drawn by a Facebook event Saturday that called for people to show up to the historic battlefield in Pennsylvania for a “peaceful …