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Tea Party Total Head Count Thread (Post Your Attendance Numbers Here)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Kristinn

Posted on 04/15/2009 3:08:47 PM PDT by kristinn

I'm hoping to be able to ascertain an overall national figure of attendance at the tea parties today by asking Freepers to post their crowd estimates on this thread.

I'm also asking that the thread be kept to just the numbers, no photos, etc., but if you want to link back to photos in your crowd estimate that's fine.

Please give the location and number of participants.

I'll go first:

Melbourne, FL - 1000.


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KEYWORDS: 1millionand19; aar; count; headcount; movement; teaparty; teapartyattendance
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To: All

Here’s a good site with daily newspaper links. I’ve been combing through them getting the numbers I’ve been posting. I’m off to bed. I’m still tired from yesterday, lol.

http://www.ajr.org/NewscategoriesByState.asp?MediaType=1&Type=StateNews&Start=A&State=&Cat_id=2


681 posted on 04/16/2009 5:56:44 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: kristinn

Belmar, NJ - 400 (official Asbury Park Press)


682 posted on 04/16/2009 5:57:11 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts ("Hey Liberals.. We don't lower our standards, so up yours!" - Andrew Wilkow show)
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To: kristinn

Hey Kristinn! We’re back in the game....I was at the Phila. rally and agree with the 350-400 estimate. (P.S. The AP got a picture of me with two of my signs AND MY VINTAGE FREEPER HAT from our days at 1600 PA Ave.)

D28Man and son joined me for the 6-8PM rally at Phoenixville PA., and I would guess we had 200 - 250 there. It was at the busiest intersection in town at drive time and we had an overwhelming number of thumbs-up honks and waves - and from all ages and a wide diversity of ethnicity. New Americans know the true value of what we are losing; they’re clearly not about to let us throw away what they worked so hard to get here for.


683 posted on 04/16/2009 5:58:21 PM PDT by Wife of D28Man
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To: gotaz

I never watch local news. Can’t stomach it. I peeked at pilot online and they had a small article. Glad y’all could go.


684 posted on 04/16/2009 6:01:02 PM PDT by VA40
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To: Henchster

Thanks for the post.


685 posted on 04/16/2009 6:02:40 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Henchster

My unofficial estimate gathered from threads on FR is that
nearly two million loyal and patriotic Americans attended tea parties yesterday.

Obama, MSM, and other sycophants—be afraid! Be very afraid!


686 posted on 04/16/2009 6:07:29 PM PDT by Palladin (John Paul Jones: "I have not yet begun to fight.")
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To: kristinn

800 patriots showed up in Livingston, Texas. Population 5000. Pretty good turnout.


687 posted on 04/16/2009 6:11:55 PM PDT by MGBGUN (Freedom is not free.)
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To: Henchster

Gering, NE

300 people


688 posted on 04/16/2009 6:15:04 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: abb

Thanks for the ping.


689 posted on 04/16/2009 6:22:52 PM PDT by GOPJ (The New York Times can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of anyone- bow to Lincoln)
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To: Henchster

Warner Robins, GA—500 people

Macon, Georgia—600 people

http://www.macon.com/198/story/684642.html


690 posted on 04/16/2009 6:25:16 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: Henchster

Cape May, NJ— 85 to 100 people

Local rag didn’t report it but eye witness acount here.

http://taxdayteaparty.com/


691 posted on 04/16/2009 6:34:30 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: kristinn

I don’t know if you are still collecting numbers, but the estimate for Indianapolis, per the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police and the crowd control officials, is between 12,000 and 15,000 people. I was there...it looked to be at least that. Took forever to clear the traffic.

Our newspaper put the number at 2,000. Just a little off don’t you think!!!


692 posted on 04/16/2009 6:34:52 PM PDT by Purdue Pete
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To: kristinn

Seal Beach California, about 250 people.


693 posted on 04/16/2009 6:37:18 PM PDT by abigail2
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To: Cuttnhorse
The Carson City, NV rally was a BLAST!

I'm a married mother of 3 (grandmother of 1) and I went alone since hubby was working and I didn't want to bring the kids in case things got ugly. Never once did I feel threatened by anyone in the crowd. It was a fun, family friendly gathering.

Of course there was the nice lady - that after talking to her for a few minutes - I realized was a bit "off". She started telling me about the Clinton's bugging her phone and making it ring every 15 minutes and how they buzzed her house with a helicopter at all hours of the day and night. *sigh*

Oh yeah, and there was the car that drove by with the passenger covering her dog's eyes. Guess she was afraid the poor thing would be told the truth! LOL

694 posted on 04/16/2009 6:39:06 PM PDT by ninergold3 ("Has it ever occurred to you that nothing occurs to God?" -Mark Lowry)
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To: ponygirl

Hubby and I were there, but we didn’t advertise our Freeperness in any way, so I’m sure there were other Freepers there too, just keeping it on the down low. It was really cool to have a voice for a change, tho!


695 posted on 04/16/2009 6:40:21 PM PDT by Prince of Space ("Your weapons have no effect on me!")
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South Ba, Los Angelos, CA
1200-1500 people

http://southbaytaxdayteaparty.typepad.com/


696 posted on 04/16/2009 6:46:40 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: ninergold3

Great! Glad you had a good time fellow rightwing extremist...I got a kick out of the big rig 18-wheelers leaning on their air horns and laughed at how easy it was to get a “DUMP REID” chant going. Good to see Congressman Heller in attendance and supporting the rally. He seems like a good guy.

Cheers,


697 posted on 04/16/2009 6:58:15 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Obama...the convergence of Affirmative Action and the Peter Principle)
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To: Henchster

Cape Girardeau, MO—600 people

http://www.semissourian.com/gallery/3855/


698 posted on 04/16/2009 6:58:50 PM PDT by KansasGirl
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At least 500 in Bryan, TX!

We heard on the local tv news, that the Bryan/College Station area had 3 tea parties going on. One of them on the Texas A&M campus.

However, the only number count I can come up with is 500 at one of those events in Bryan. The local police made that estimate, by the way.

http://bcsteaparty.wordpress.com/


699 posted on 04/16/2009 7:04:18 PM PDT by texanyankee
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To: Henchster

Chattanooga crowd was estimated at 2000 by the Chattanooga Times-Free Press, the local daily newspaper.


700 posted on 04/16/2009 7:11:22 PM PDT by meyer (Obama is to the USA as Mugabe is to Zimbabwe.)
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