The People's Convoy is nearing the end of its journey as it edges ever-closer to Washington, D.C., and is due to arrive on Saturday morning.
On Friday, the convoy arrived at Hagerstown, Maryland - the final stop before one last stretch to the nation's capital on Saturday morning which is now around 75 miles away or about a 90-minute drive.
Onlookers cheered from overpasses as a string of vehicles edged closer to the nation's capital as part of a 'Freedom Convoy,' in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.
Some of the the trucks have travelled from across the country from as far away as California and Oregon. The convoy started its 11-day trek to the nation's capital last week is expected to arrive in D.C. tomorrow, where it will be joined by around 25 other truck cavalcades.
The convoy is a spinoff from a protest in Canada started by truckers upset at vaccine requirements to cross the Canadian border.
Many attendees said they supported 'medical freedom' and wanted mask mandates to end.
The People's Convoy, as they like to be called, is demanding that President Joe Biden end the national emergency originally declared at the start of the pandemic, as well as scrapping any remaining coronavirus mandates. The truckers allege the government has infringed upon their constitutional rights with the mandates.
However, nearly every state in America has either lifted or relaxed indoor mask mandates, or has set a date to do so in the near future. The lone holdout is Hawaii, the island state that has had the strictest mandates of anywhere in the country throughout the pandemic. Additionally, only 19 states currently have vaccine mandates in effect - but the mandates do not apply to all individuals and their requirements vary by state.
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