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I was there, and I'd say there were 10-15,000 protesters. Their march stretched about a mile, from the Lincoln Memorial side of the bridge towards the Pentagon. It was difficult to say how many patriots were there since they were dispersed along the march route, but I'd say about there were about 7500. Don't put too much faith into my numbers or what the news organizations say, either. However, I sure the yellow card carriers had less than a tenth of what they had said were going to be there.

The protesters were much more polite than I've ever seen them before. I'm sure having a large number of responsible adults watching their every move and countering their ridiculous chants took down their courage a notch or two. In one case, a protester, with wife, a 12-year old daughter and a toddler in a stroller, flipped the bird to the vets around me. They started telling him he should be ashamed of doing that in front of his little girl. The dad got mad, but the look of realization on the girl's face was priceless. She's not daddy's little girl anymore, I think.