I stood there at the waist-high railing and put up with some of the most vile, disgusting, filthy, profane "people" in the world. If there were 300,000 on the mall, about 95% of them didn't make the march that I saw.
Posted on 09/25/2005 7:09:53 AM PDT by blogblogginaway
I arrived in DC yesterday to attend the Support Our Troops Rally. I would guess approx. 200 people were there to support our troops. We arrived at the "Mission Rally" around 12:30. From there the group moved a few blocks to our designated area to 'counter' protest the anti-American, anti-troops protesters. We were seperated by waist high railings and a police line. Our 'area' was about a block long infront of the J. Edgar Hoover Bldg. I don't know where the protesters march orginated but they arrived in our area around 2pm. We left shortly after 5pm at which time the protesters were nearing an end. I would estimate their number to be around 20,000 to 30,000. However I read his morning there were 100,000. Their number is hard to estimate as we noticed some of the same people going through the march repeatedly.
To me, the protesters seemed to be a splintered group. Many depicted out and out hatred for the current Administraton.The remainder appeared to me to be divided between protesting the war, the military and freedom. Within 3 minutes of them arriving in our area I was spat upon. Many of them donned kerchiefs which eerily resembled terrorists. The angry protesters fluxuated between the 'peace' sign and the 'middle finger' salute. Our group remained cohesive in their support of our troops and the war we are waging against terrorism.
I came away with a feeling of a common bond that united complete strangers of all ages.
I am extremely happy with my decision to come to DC. I met many people here from all over the country who strongly support our troops and understand why we are fighting terrorism "over there" instead of here.I will stay for the rally tomorrow which I understand will be covered live by CSPAN beginning at 12pm .
Will be leaving shortly to go to the Rally to Honor Military Families. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!
A few of my pics ........ http://waynew.fatcow.com/Support%20the%20Troops/supportthetroops.htm
I stood there at the waist-high railing and put up with some of the most vile, disgusting, filthy, profane "people" in the world. If there were 300,000 on the mall, about 95% of them didn't make the march that I saw.
Thanks for the ping, TR. You and yours were missed this weekend.
I got his autograph. Man did we have a great weekend or what?nice shots. You all did a great job by just being there!
Thoroughly enjoyed the program.
I only helped activate their link from Arizona while they were in DC. They did do a good job with the photos didn't they.
either way, good to stand up and do something
Mega-BUMP from CA.
Wish we lived closer.
Thanks for the picture that makes my point.
bttt
Isn't that huge American flag an amazing sight in person?
I saw the MOAB on Fox n Friends this morning....
Your pictures are uplifting, You really made my weekend. I was with the 911 families at the rally Sept 10 to rid the IFC from the memorial site. They are proud of you all also. Please post more pictures please! Call me crazy but I really go for proud, smiling, confident, PATRIOTIC, classy people. God Bless!!
Great Work!
I missed it, was that on the news or C-Span? I'm going to order the C-Span coverage if I can.
I did get a photo of you holding the MOAB in front of the Washington Monument. Click the pic for a high-res image. Warning - it's huge!
You know when you see this that you are having more of an affect on them than they are on you.
Keep up the good work
Well, if you were on the OTHER side, you could! (wink)
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