The 9/12 Experience 2009: A Chronology With Comments Part Two

As we came out of the plaza around the Federal Triangle Station, we turned to our right and headed up Pennsylvania Avenue with the rest of the marchers.

(Most detail in the photos is not described in the caption; If you click on the image it will enlarge.)

It looks like we're going to be hunting today.  I hope somebody brought the Ketchup (or is it Catsup?).

I'm not so sure that this guy was not from the other side.  The message of the sign was "mean" enough that the MSM could use it to portray TEA Party Patriots in a negative light. As far as I am aware, there was no funding for signs from any of the various groups involved in this march.  Later on, when I post about our experience around the CNN bus, you'll see where one of these signs was suspiciously used for a staged photo along with some horse dung supplied (in nature's course) by one of the mounted police (NOTE: see both PART FIVE and PART SIX). In any case, he was posted just outside the area where people were coming off of the Metro, and was passing out signs to anyone who would take them.

This gentleman is from Pittsburgh and was marching along with a lady who I believe is his wife.  He is showing us his Dog Tags.  I thanked him for his service.

Here we are going past the Post Office Building which was built in 1896, now known as The Old Post Office and no longer used by the USPS.

 

Solid wall of people moving down Pennsylvania Avenue with the Capitol visible in the distance.

All ages were evident and at this point the feeling was something special.  There were three or four times on this stretch that people were breaking out into song and chanting.

The photographer on the sidewalk was among several who documented the scene. 

Getting closer to the Capitol Building.  The sign in the foreground speaks volumes.

Passing the Natonal Archive Building.  The US Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence are inside, housed in specially made cases that would resist nuclear attack.  The Constitution is not safe on Capitol Hill nor across the street from The Capitol at The Supreme Court, unfortunately.

It seems that many of the marchers today identify with Congressman Joe Wilson in some way.  National Archives in the background.

A picture of Thomas Jefferson with the National Archives portico in the background.

The marchers parted so this gentleman could get a picture of the young man and his sign.  Several children to which the sentiment applies are in the picture as well.  Children were very evident today.

This guy was on the sidewalk.  The credit line is bad enough but considering the interest rate and penalties, I'm ready to cancel the card.

Video as we passed in front of The National Archives.

On the left, just past and on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue from The National Archives as we marched eastward toward the Capitol, is something called the "Newseum".  On the wall is inscribed the text of the First Ammendment to The US Constitution.  Aside from the irony that the Newseum is mostly dedicated to The Mainsteam Media, it was great to see the First Ammendment in such large letters. Many of the marchers read the words aloud as we went by. 

By this point in the march, there had been three or four times where I was overcome with emotion to the point that I could not speak.  When I read the 1st Amendment text aloud, I shared with my children what we were doing meant in regard to that.  I will endeavor to teach them about both their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the USA.  I pray that God has mercy on our country and that we do not fade into history. 

I called a close family member on my cell phone and shared, and I called another friend and left a voice message, just wanting to share that moment with anyone I could.  There was a sense shared by all that this was special, this was an historic moment.

END OF PART TWO...

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