The metro station where we got the train into the DC was packed at 8:30 in the morning, everyone was lined up trying to get tickets. I will say that the machines were not user friendly to the uninitiated!!!
One thing I will say is there were plenty of signs. People were certainly very clever and creative. Some went to great lengths for their signs. While some were "professionally" made, there were no mass printing of signs from any one group.
We got off the Metro, came out on the street and two blocks down The March was there! The White House was a block or two to the right. The president supposedly flew over the crowd as he was leaving town (!) and made a comment that he didn't know about this event. I guess he really doesn't watch FOX News!!!!!
The noise was incredible... as the voices hung in the canyons of the buildings. All I can say it was incredible to come into a group like this. We just folded into the street and marched down Pennsylvania Ave.
Pennsylvania Avenue was packed. People from all walks life was present, even folks in wheelchairs and with canes. It was a true cross section of America, all ages, all shapes and sizes, all colors.
A truly incredible sound was hearing a crowd of this size singing "God Bless America"
This is the crowd behind us....
"The Hand Writing Is On The Wall" shouts rang out......
I spotted a Civil War Monument and had to get photo. Told the Good Husband I was going to run and get the photo and catch up with him.... Ok.... not so smart.... I totaly lost him in the crowd as the crowd was moving and I lost my point of reference. Smartly, he hung on the edge and I spotted him.
The walk along Pennsylvania Avenue was a mile and a half. As we approached the Capital the crowds were getting really heavy. This fellow was walking backwards and speaking into the camera....he was most articulate without being nasty. He just impressed me.
So many have asked us this very important question..... Yes there were a lot of them...
I liked this one....
The sign in the center made me laugh....
I will say I have never seen so many people in my entire life. Everyone was nice and polite. There was no in your face shouting or nasty ugly people there. I read that after the event the grounds were clean and that the trash was at trash cans. (the Mall was a trash heap after the inauguration)
This sign 'bout says it all......
People were everywhere!!! I did manage to get to the other side of the capital lawn where the stage was.
Our Founding Fathers were pretty smart.... and knew what how to set it up....
One does wonder what they would think about the state of the country today.....
(Tom, John, and George are all crying...)
This day was not a democrat or republican day.... It was a day that people in America...a lot of people...decided to let those "in the dome" know that things have got to change.
In all my years living in DC I never saw the Capital from this spot.... we were on our way to Union Station....looks pretty calm here.... It is beautiful
This had to be the most incredible event that either of us have ever attended. Most news accounts called us protesters.... only one called us activists.... imagine that... we're activists...the Radical and the Rebel. We are part of Ameica that Washington and forgot...and ignored....
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