Any crowd shots?

And very crowdie…

No clue what the “official” estimates were

away from the crowd, which is why there are not huge numbers of people in the most of the pictures

Michelle Malkin Website: Turnout estimated at 2 million

Fox News: Tens of Thousands

Great Job! We love ya!

wondering if any Dems found their cajones and appeared? (cajones, is that profanity?)

And thanks, Danno, for bringing us to the party!

I’ve heard numbers all over the place, but I found these two photos interesting to compare side by side. The first is from the 2009 Capitol Hill Tea Party, the second is from the 1995 Million Man March:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338146/posts

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40906000/jpg/_40906360_millionman_ap203.jpg

I have been down in DC for plenty of protests and we where on one side of Pennsylvania Ave which is 3 lanes for the most part and we were stretched from the WH to the Capitol and around the reflecting pool. The trains were packed in a way I have NEVER seen even at the height of the anti-war movement protests. They don’t count anymore but from my point of view it was 1.5M and that was a figure I heard from DC residents have have seen it all and I agree with them.

I went with Penquin and her hubby and my husband and 2 sons along with one of my son’s friends and it was the most awe inspiring to site to see little kids to seniors, many in wheelchairs to be heard.

A LaRouchie was being interviewed and I walked behind him and and said loudly into the mike that LaRouche is a CRIMINAL and DOES NOT SPEAK FOR CONSERVATIVES!

I hope to do a diary in conjunction with Penquin in the next couple of days and do the pictures etc. but know that is was HUGE!!!!

I would guess that the crowd was well over 1 million.

Other than some name calling from a few passerbys, it was very peaceful and well organized.

It was very empowering to stand shoulder to shoulder with countless conservatives from around the country. It was a validation of the fact that we do indeed surround them..

Everyone who showed up to the tea parties today and all who watched should be so proud! As a proud American I want to thank everyone who was at the tea parties. You guys are true patriots!!! I also want to thank Fox and Glenn Beck. Without your help, the tea parties wouldn’t be possible. I will continue to STAND UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God Bless you and our great country!!!!!!!!!!

I watched every second of it on TV!!!! There are many, many, many of us out here who couldn’t attend for one reason or another. But, we ALL KNOW, we have our vote… Just praying that vote will still be around in 2010.

with a 3 block long Main Street, we had 2,000 motorcyclists honoring our dead from 9/11. Some rode with family membrs onthe back o fhe cycle.
Many carried giant U.S. Flags. Lead by Fire trucks and a the end another one. VEry impressive.
I thought that our country would be all right. I ee this and I think we are going to eventually come out of theis crackpottery.

one was calledChuck Shummer, one was called Barney Frank, and I believe one was called Nany Pelosi. I really liked one sign I saw on Fox today- “I’ve been Barney Franked.”

Hey, any chance you got that ‘seeking conservative girlfriend’ guy’s number? Cause, you know, I totally believe in volunteer work, so, um… *raises hand* I’ll volunteer to help out, cause I’m nice like that.

March on Washington
We The People come to Washington

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14644

I am so proud of everyone who made it to DC today to carry the fight against this President and the Democrat-controlled Congress.

I hope we can have these events every few months throughout his Presidency and assemble in greater numbers. This Administration might not pretend to care, but that is because it is led by a Made Man, surrounded by an army of Chicago machine politicians. We’re going to have to keep the pressure up.

I wrote up my experience at the protest, with pictures, here.

I would sum it up by saying that the all of the people I met were pleaseant, well mannered, exited, decent hardworking and righteously pissed off at what this country is being mutated into.

I was late getting there and took the metro train in. The pedestrian causeways over the interstate were full of people waiting to buy tickets at 0930! It took about 30 minutes to get a ticket and board the train. The train was mostly full at that point. Two stops in and it was tight standing room only. Four stops in and there was no room left (I estimate about 2500 people per loaded train).

I forgot my camera (arrgggh), but the best sign was by a grandmotherly type and it said:
‘If you ram it down out throats in 2009, we’ll jam it up your (insert picture of democrat donkey) in 2010.’
Another said ‘ We are not terrorists, but in 2010 heads will roll’

Crowd size numbers were being thrown around left and right, but I think the one million +/- number sounds very reasonable.

The best thing I saw though, was where I standing next to the cnn bus (great view of the capitol). Lots of epithets were hurled at it from passers-by on a regular basis. One guy walked up to the front door and strated shouting at them inside ” Hey, the news is out here! Out Here! Why don’t you do your jobs and get OUT HERE to see what’s going on!” He kept it up for a several minutes, starting to draw a crowd. Some cnn muscle came out and tried to move him along, but he stayed put (non-violent – but having a big crowd at your back doesn’t hurt either…).
Finally a young lady came out (producer type) with a tape recorder (!) and pad and talked to the guy and a few others. CNN – cutting edge journalism.
She seemed OK, but it really was pathetic. When confronted with the lack of reportage on the whole event she said they have done several stories but added it likely was not enough. I got the feeling she was personally sympathetic to what was going on, but couldn’t really say so.

I could not get close enough to the stage or any speakers to hear any speeches (lots and lots of people!) so me and the ‘tens of hundreds’ in the back just had a great time exchanging opinions about where we thought things were going. Everyone saw this as a beginning, and will carry away a spark to bring home to fire up others who could not make it this time.

Thanks to all that could make it to DC (District of Corruption) and the local events – have a safe journey home.

I pray we can keep this up until 2010 and beyond!!

Think of all the money they spent traveling there and back, and on lodging and food….

It’s probably the biggest stimulus to the economy that the President has achieved.

Thanks.

Thank you all for giving voice to my views!!! I could not attend but God Bless all of you who did………..You will have my prayers for a long time. You represent what is BEST about this wonderful country.

Jeff Childress
On a cool crisp night in
St. Louis

http://images.politico.com/global/news/090912_kennedysign_smith_a624.jpg

I am very pleased to see all of these great pictures, as I didn’t get a chance to watch any of the coverage on TV yesterday (although I did DVR Glenn Beck). I knew the numbers would be large! Although the AP is reporting on their radio news casts that “tens of thousands” marched on Washington to prtoest “government spending and healthcare reform.” Not that I am surprised by their particular slant.

Keep it up! We can get this country back on the right track!

Hubby, daughter, son-in-law, 14 month old granddaughter, stroller laden with stuff, and myself. It was fantastic! Now I know why we left Freedom Plaza early – it was filled up. The number of people there and all the way to the Capitol was simply astonishing. I’ve never been in such a crowd and I can only say if we all do this again next year IT WILL BE BIGGER!! (MORE porta-potties, please!)

The signs were fantastic, everyone was so upbeat, cheerful and gung-ho, and it was simply astonishing to be in the company of ALL conservatives and liberty-lovers literally as far as the eye could see. 1 million or more would not surprise me. Apparently at a specific spot on Pennsylvania Ave. we were being counted and the march passed that spot for 45 mins. solid, stretched from one side of the wide street to the other with folks packed fairly tight. It was a truly awesome, impressive crowd! It was fun pulling up shots on my iPhone taken by folks up above, while we were all still gathered, and showing them to the folks around us.

What a wonderful day.

This was so great to watch on TV. I would’ve gone in a heartbeat if I could’ve. Even though it’s a little down the road, my mom and I were talking about how we should go to CPAC in 2012. I bet it’s going to be a GREAT year.