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Sep 12th, 2009 by Timothy Pancoast

I just got back from the 9/12 rally in D.C., and I am exhausted. The 9/12 Delaware Patriots took 5 busloads of people over there. There were also several other buses chartered by other Delaware groups and a sizable number of people that drove over on their own. All together Delaware sent over 500 citizens to Washington for this event.

I plan to add more video, but here is a little taste to start you off. Expect this post to be updated.

Setting up for 9/12 in D.C.

The Marchers begin to arive at the 9/12 rally in D.C.

Marchers begin to arrive

(p.s. David I have gotten comfortable with posting videos through this pop out method, but if you ever want to turn these video links into standard video embeds feel free. Thanks for the help, I must have messed something up by adding another video.)

Update: This is probably one of my favorite news clips about the rally in DC simply because of the anchorwoman’s reactions. Sorry that the quality is low.

MSNBC Live report from Tea Party protest Washington D.C Freedom Plaza Saturday 9 12 2009

Update: Here is a speech given by Senator DeMint. This is one of the few that I got in their entirety. I am working to compile some of the clips I got from other speeches. Senator DeMint\’s Speech at the 9/12 Rally in Washington DC

Here is a link to a panoramic photo of the 9/12 event.

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/capitol-view-lo-res.jpg

Posted in Stuff, Tea Parties

14 Responses to “9/12 in D.C.”

on 13 Sep 2009 at 02:041Tennessee Walker

Good Job Tim. There was obviously a lot going on this weekend. I am looking forward to hearing your take on the day. From the snippets I saw C-Span actually did a decent job of covering the event.
on 13 Sep 2009 at 07:262Shirley

Thanks for this, and thanks to all who attended. There were hundreds of thousands there in spirit !
on 13 Sep 2009 at 09:193Delaware Republican

http://delawarerepublican.wordpress.com/ has a few pics and vids.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 07:444DEConservative(Evan Q)

Don’t believe the hype….2 million people attended the event. Starting tomorrow http://www.foundersvalues.com will have a page where people can submit their own photos from the event to be posted.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 09:085G Rex

Tim, good to see Delaware well-represented, but I hope you guys weren’t the ones flying the US flag upside-down. (See 0:32 in the second clip.) I know the lefties think it’s clever to do, but it’s NEVER appropriate. In fact, as any Boy Scout will tell you, it’s a distress signal – as in, “my boat is sinking!”
on 14 Sep 2009 at 09:536DEConservative(Evan Q)

G Rex – I mentioned that when I saw it as well. Totally not cool. There were the occasional jackasses as always will show but for the most part it was a wonderful event. I met a lot of people from across the country and for the first time in years I feel like the country gets it. Also, witnessed some idiot with a “Single Payer Now!” banner being escorted through the crowd by a dozen police officers. Not one problem with that, I enjoy comic relief but really, is that 80 year old woman going to harm the 30 year old man with the banner? I don’t think he needed the entire D.C. Police Department following him around.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 10:037Perry

The total attendence, according to the DC Fire Department, was 60,000 to 70,000. Please, let’s be accurate!

Here, check it out for yourself!
on 14 Sep 2009 at 11:078DEConservative(Evan Q)

Precisely Perry, let’s be accurate. That estimate is not even close to what the pictures support and they do little justice. Spread your stupidity elsewhere please.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 11:229Timothy Pancoast

Perry I was there, I have seen the photos and other news outlets report far more than that. In the video clips I took alone you can count more than 100,000 people an that was just up close. You can’t hid what is happening and pretend that over 1,000,000 Americans don’t exist.

Apparently it was easier to see the numbers from further away. ABC must have been too close, because in the UK they were able to count a little higher.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1213056/Up-million-march-US-Capitol-protest-Obamas-spending-tea-party-demonstration.html

The actual numbers are of secondary importance though. The people who need to know that we were there know and they will continue to be reminded of that fact when we call email and write their offices.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 15:3310DEConservative(Evan Q)

FYI: Glenn’s show today produced some facts to refute Perry’s liberal agenda:
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/30518/

GLENN: They quote a source from the Park Service, the National Park Service saying that it is the largest march on Washington ever.
on 14 Sep 2009 at 15:4011DEConservative(Evan Q)

Here is what happened to the organizers of the “Million Man March” back in 1995….
Finally, within the first twenty-four hours following the March a conflict between March organizers and Park Service officials erupted over crowd size estimates. Initially, the National Park Service issued an estimate of about 400,000 attendees; a number significantly lower than March organizers had hoped for. [6] After a heated exchange between leaders of the march and Park Services, researchers at Boston University estimated the crowd size to be 850,000 still fell short of the organizers’ estimate of over one million. [7] Although the BBC NEWS stated that the number was 1.9 million.[citation needed] The controversy over the number of men who actually participated in the March has yet to be firmly resolved.

There is always a huge difference between the facts…and the park service.
on 15 Sep 2009 at 09:4412Rick

The total attendence, according to the DC Fire Department, was 60,000 to 70,000.

The “DC Fire Department?” What do they know? They have enough trouble doing what they’re paid to do. Why not ask Marion Barry? Or, maybe Eleanor ‘Ed’ Holmes Norton? Or Gilbert Arenas?
on 15 Sep 2009 at 14:3413meatball

Next time you guys should wear numbered shirts.
on 15 Sep 2009 at 22:0614Perry

Evan Q: “That estimate is not even close to what the pictures support and they do little justice. Spread your stupidity elsewhere please.”

Evan, I cited a credible source, the DC Fire Department. You cited Glen Beck, who quoted an University of ?????? – he couldn’t even remember his source. Come on!

Moreover, the aerial view of the crowd, from which more accurate estimates can be made, turned out to be a fake, proven by a missing building that is now actually there.

Look, you wingnuts can believe whatever you wish, I don’t care, but your foolishness and desperation is quite apparent.

9/12 in D.C.

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