Rochester, NY Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?"

10/16/2009 | rochester_veteran

[rochester_veteran]

The Rochester Operation "Can You Hear Me Now" rallies and march, is starting at the WHEC-TV Studios on 191 East Avenue. The rally will start at 11am on Saturday, 10/17/2007. Here's the map for the rally point:

We're starting things off with the Presentation of the Colors, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a few speeches.

We'll then proceed on our march that will follow this route through Downtown Rochester, across the Genesee River, ending at the Gannett Building, for a protest at our local newspaper, the Democrat and Chronicle:

BTW, we are conducting a peaceful, but spirited event and we have a permit from the City of Rochester and will be escorted by the Rochester Police Department for the entire event. I don't need to remind participants to be civil and mind their manners, but also to be loud!

Please, keep the focus on calling the media out for their slanted, leftist agenda and design your signs for this theme.

It's supposed to be a chilly day, with temperatures in the 40's and we all know how blustery Downtown Rochester can get, so wear a warm coat, hat and gloves. Bring a rain poncho, just in case we get showers!

I'll be looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday!

RV

[rochester_veteran]

Rochester, NY area Patriots, come and join us on Saturday!

[Patrsup]

Great job - I pray all goes well for you - I hope to join the guys in Troy MI tomorrow

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt

[ExTexasRedhead]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXAcHtdU3nY

[3D-JOY]

I’ll be at the Alamo in San Antonio that day.

Hope you have a successful event! Keep warm and dry....how I remember Rochester weather.

[MotorCityBuck]

Time, and place please for Troy event. Thank You.

[Patrsup]

According the the website:

http://www.operationcanyouhearusnow.com/events/

it will be at:

Troy, MICHIGAN – NBC – 3250 West Big Beaver (between Coolige & Golfview Dr.) – 2pm – ?

[MotorCityBuck]

Thank you, for the info :)

[Earl Voak]

Meet Annie, the service dog, who will be attending the rally in Andalusia, Alabama...

From American Daughter

[victim soul]

Thanks for heads up - see you there.

[rochester_veteran]

Hey Fellow Freepers!

Thanks so much for the encouraging words! I hope your rallies and marches go well today.

victim soul, see you in a few hours!

RV

[JoysKid]

what you will be in San Antonio?

Didn’t know about this until tonight! I was in Buffalo visiting the University with the child!

Wet here, there too. We had snow the other morning... on the deck railings!!
I don’t want it.......

[JoysKid]

what you will be in San Antonio?

Didn’t know about this until tonight! I was in Buffalo visiting the University with the child!

Wet here, there too. We had snow the other morning... on the deck railings!!
I don’t want it.......

[rochester_veteran]

It was a pretty good rally and march. We had about 200 people show up across the street from the WHEC-TV studio on East Ave. They rented a nice PA, but it was missing the output cables, so we ended up using a bullhorn that somebody brought. There were some good speakers, including Rev. Tommy Davis. I led the Color Guard and we even had a woman who played the fife and a guy playing a drum, which set a nice tone and beat for the march. We marched down East Ave., then up Chestnut and zigzagged over to Broad St. and marched across the river and gathered in front of the War Memorial for another rally/protest across the street from the D&C. By the time we got there, we had around 100 people left.

We did get a mention on the WHEC-TV news. Here's the link to the article on their webpage:

"Operation Can You Hear Us Now"

Here's a link to the slide show of photos of the event:

Photos of "Operation Can You Hear Us Now?" in Rochester

[MotorCityBuck]

Patrsup, how was the event in Troy?

[Patrsup]

It went well - they posted some pictures at:

http://www.meetup.com/TriCity912/calendar/11544410/

I think there were about 200 people there.

[MotorCityBuck]

Thank You for the info. I looked to be a good turnout!

[MilicaBee]

I saw you from the East End parking garage! When driving by between kids’ lessons I gave you all a big thumbs up.

Please ping me or freep mail me about future Rochester area events.

MilicaBee

[rochester_veteran]

I saw you from the East End parking garage! When driving by between kids’ lessons I gave you all a big thumbs up.

Please ping me or freep mail me about future Rochester area events.

Great! I'll let you know of our next event.