March On Washington

My former roommate and lovely friend, Allie (last name witheld for the moment for privacy sakes) took the opportunity to go to the protest in D.C. on Saturday. She has given me permission to repost what she wrote about it on facebook.

My report of the March on Washington

Yesterday I was privileged enough to take part in the making of history, as two million and more American taxpayers marched on Washington to let our voices be heard.

On the way home, my aunt and I stopped to talk to a police officer chilling on the outskirts of the protest. We asked how our protest had compared to others he'd seen in the past.

First, he told us, the police had been grossly underprepared for the magnitude of people who showed up. They had been told to prepare for around 2,000 people--not 2,000,000. Whoopsie.

But he said that the most amazing thing to him was the number of arrests: not a single person was arrested. He said he had never seen a protest so huge and so peaceful all at the same time.

The protest continued to amaze those at Vodkapundit, who reported that a police officer said, “I’ve been here 20 years and this is the largest crowd I’ve ever seen.”

Here is a link to calculations done based on people per square meter. Apparently, official calculations show at least 1.8 million people in attendance. This would make it the single largest gathering in the history of Washington, DC.

Bet you didn't hear that on the MSM.

One thing that also stood out to people how was how clean it was. Here is a picture from after Obama's inauguration (you can find other pictures by google-imaging "the mall after Obama's inauguration"):


Here is the same place, but after OUR demonstration:

My report of the March on Washington

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Yesterday I was privileged enough to take part in the making of history, as two million and more American taxpayers marched on Washington to let our voices be heard.

On the way home, my aunt and I stopped to talk to a police officer chilling on the outskirts of the protest. We asked how our protest had compared to others he'd seen in the past.

First, he told us, the police had been grossly underprepared for the magnitude of people who showed up. They had been told to prepare for around 2,000 people--not 2,000,000. Whoopsie.

But he said that the most amazing thing to him was the number of arrests: not a single person was arrested. He said he had never seen a protest so huge and so peaceful all at the same time.

The protest continued to amaze those at Vodkapundit, who reported that a police officer said, “I’ve been here 20 years and this is the largest crowd I’ve ever seen.”

Here is a link to calculations done based on people per square meter. Apparently, official calculations show at least 1.8 million people in attendance. This would make it the single largest gathering in the history of Washington, DC.

Bet you didn't hear that on the MSM.

One thing that also stood out to people how was how clean it was. Here is a picture from after Obama's inauguration (you can find other pictures by google-imaging "the mall after Obama's inauguration"):

Here is the same place, but after OUR demonstration:

As constitutionallyspeaking pointed out, these pictures ought to say a thousand words.

I know that in my own personal experience, I saw not one piece of litter on the ground whatsoever. I made a point to look, because at one point my husband accidentally dropped a wrapper of something, and when we both bent to pick it up, I decided that since I was already down, I might as well pick up whatever else was there--and there was nothing there. Or anywhere I could see.

Campaign for Liberty made the same observation, as did nicedeb and as did Gateway, my ultimate hero.

So, as an environmentally conscious kind of person, I was pleased at how it went.

I was fortunate enough to snatch up some "Don't Tread on Me" bumper stickers and a flag, which was amazing because everything for sale was going like hotcakes. I honestly searched for that dumb flag for hours--and all the nice yellow ones were gone so I had to settle for white. But it was still worth the search!

Everyone we met was courteous. We got to be friends with one lady who'd come up from Georgia; she stayed with us. Carl and I ran into our old mutual friend Marissa, which was beyond exciting. And I made a point to go talk to people who claimed to be doctors--unlike certain other totally fake doctors I've heard about, they were all 100% authentic. They had actual proof and it was a beautiful thing to see. Hooray honest people showing up to rallies.

And actually, even though we were there for hours and constantly running into zillions of people, I only heard one (1) curse word. I think this is amazing because i've never passed a leftist rally without my ears being assaulted. The particular guy who was cursing wasn't doing at anybody, either--I think it was just part of his vocabulary. Which, given the look of him, wouldn't surprise me. But overall, every person we interacted with was beyond polite.

This was really a rally to remember. I know I will. There is nothing more amazing than standing shoulder to shoulder with two million other like-minded people from across the Union, united in the goal of returning power to the people.

I hope you all decide to show up next time.