**Support The Troops Santa Rosa After Action Report by Syncro** (Pictures!)

The Institute of Phenomonology ^ | June 26, 2006 | Syncro and Dr. Zoo

[Syncro]

Saturday June 24th in Courtyard Square in Santa Rosa, CA brought about 300 people to our local Support The Troops Rally.

There were a number of great speakers, many from the Military. Soldiers, Marines and family members with loved ones serving in Iraq and around the world.

Colonel Louis "Pete" Peterka gave a very moving talk which I will go into later.

His Daughter was there and her son (his Grandson) Kevin is serving in Iraq at this time. That's Kevin's Mother in the center of the next picture.

He was close to one of the events we have heard a lot about recently here at Free Republic and in the media.

[Syncro]

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, my camera decided to stay on one (usually wrong) setting all the time.

I will have some video clips later on today but for now I'll post some pictures.

Three people from the Move America Forward Caravan to Crawford, Texas organized by MAF and Free Republic last year spoke at our rally Saturday.

They also were involved in the MAF Bus Tour that drove across country to Washington DC for a large rally organized by Free Republic and Move America Forward. These were both "You Don't Speak For Me, Cindy!" events to counter the anti-American anti-Troops rhetoric that was so prevalent then (and now) by Cindy Sheehan.

Joseph Williams, Melanie Morgan and Deborah Johns.

[Syncro]

A bump and Ping to those who attended and that expressed interest in the Rally.

[Syncro]

There is another thread up about an article in the local paper.

Take a look

Just a Somebody, I forgot to ping you...Or were you here hiding behind a sign??? LOL

[Diver Dave]

Outstanding Syncro! Thanks for the pix and report. gonna check out your links.
See you in FResno in Sept?

[Syncro]

You bet!

It's going to be the 10th Anniversary of Free Republic Picnic and BBQ...I'm hoping all 264,849 members show up!

LOL

[Syncro]

Lori, here's your PING!

We had a great time, this strange group showed up...

Jim Robinson, Shelia Robinson, Chris Robinson and CounterCounterCoulter.

[Just A Nobody]

Or were you here hiding behind a sign???

I'll never tell, but thank you for the ping and a huge thanks to you all for standing up for our beloved heroes!

Looks and sounds like you had a fantastic turn out!

[Just A Nobody]

From the link .........

attracted about 300 people, the same as last year's rally.

But...but...I thought there was no support for the war anymore.

[Landry Fan]

great report. thank you for posting. :)

[Syncro]

yw

Thanks for the bump

BTW I am a Landry Fan fan!

Ping for BTTT

[Landry Fan]

lol

bump!!

[Mama_Bear]

Lori, here's your PING!

Thank you! My own personal ping. I am honored. :-)

What a motley (but patriotic) crowd. LOL! (Just kidding) Haven't seen Chris or CCC for ages.

Keep on FReepin' on, FRiend. You guys have all the fun.

[stratman1969]

I didn't see you or I'd have come over and said hi. I was there with my two year old son.

[Syncro]

Well I kind of blend into the crowd.

I'm not even sure I was there, I don't have any pictures of me at the rally! :<)

Yea, it would have been nice to meet you, I have seen you around the activizm for years.

That's great you brought your son.

[Syncro]

Pinging my ping list to more pictures

This family brought a nice banner



Oops, sorry I took that picture with my glasses off!
I put them on and this one is much better...


Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003. Thanks you to the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines and all the other Service Personal for freeing 25 million people in Iraq! They are keeping our country safe.

Some pictures of the crowd

[SeenTheLight]

Nice job, guys! Sorry I missed it.

[Syncro]

Thanks, STL.

I'm sorry too, it would have been nice to see you again at an event.

We socked it to the cartoon-o-facists and Cindy Sheehan in SF didn't we earlier this year? LOL

The Military Personnel (Retired and Active) did a fantastic job with the Presenting of the Colors. The Color Guard. (I think that is the proper nomenclature)

[pillut48]

Thank you! Looks like the weather was great for the rally! :-)

[BillF]

Great FReep, report and photos. And you got a good story in the paper.

(FR could not find anyone named "CounterCounterCoulter.")

Thanks so much for doing this.

[Syncro]

The weather was perfect!

It was supposed to be 92, but I am sure it never got that hot.

This guy was making a statement with his shirt.



As was this lady


It says Kick Their Ass And Take Their Gas
well I guess you can see that...

The Army had a table set up at the Rally

The Marines had a table there also, but I didn't get a picture.

They were actually represented by two table. The Recruiter was at one of them, and the other one of them was manned by 2 or three Marines. Maybe not active anymore.