(Editor’s Note: Illinoisans just experienced inaugural history and participated in presidential protests like never before. Reboot Illinois asked several of them to share what they witnessed in a series of essays we publish this week. For more, click here, here, and here.)

250,000 strong!

That’s how many women — and men — turned out for the Women’s March on Chicago.

The solidarity and support were in full force from the moment I got on the train to head downtown Saturday morning. The energy and drive that filled that…