9-12 March on Washington!

Patriots,

Is my pleasure at long last to bring the new pictures and stories from the recent trip I made, along with eight other people from Manhattan, to Washington DC. I want to start by saying that I have never seen so many people all together in one place ever before in my life. It was awe inspiring.

We started out on Friday morning at 2 AM in the parking lot of the mall. We were then driven by Chuck Henderson to the Kansas City international Airport for our US Airways at 6 AM. We arrived on time at 9:30 AM Eastern time Washington DC at the Reagan national Airport. I really like uneventful flights especially considering that it was September 11.

Among other things on Friday many of us visited Holocaust Museum and then returned to our hotel to make protest signs were the rally on Saturday. What happened next was truly amazing. Saturday morning we were taking the shuttle the closest Metro stop but instead were taken to the gathering place for the rally. At 8 AM there were already tens of thousands of people there. People continued to pour for hours. In fact so many people came that we had to start our march early. We marched down Pennsylvania Avenue for about 1 mile to the Capitol building. I met so many people along the way saw somebody signs, we chanted “can you hear us now” and “you lie”.

What I could hear of the speakers was excellent. The people were orderly, polite, friendly, and very energetic. The noise at times was unbelievable. But it was all worth it, I certainly hope that the voices of more than 1 million people were heard by our elected leaders. If not, they have sealed their own doom. For now that is all I have. I will post more detailed stories in the coming days and weeks.

Matthew Pennell