Huge Turnout for New Orleans Area "Rally for America" (with Photos)

Self | 03/22/03 | Margie Seemann

[newslady]

We will post lots more photos of the New Orleans area Rally for America, as soon as we are able to upload them.

[NautiNurse]

Excellent summary and great pics! Thanks!

[HOYA97]

WOW!!!!!

Great Job!!

[Auntie Mame]

Simply outstanding report.

Thank you patriots!

[blam]

Excellent. I knew you all would have a 'hum-dinger'.

[diotima]

WOW!!!! Looks great!

[FreeTheHostages]

Great after-action report. Good work!

[WFTR]

I had a great time. Thanks again to those who organized this rally.

It Didn't Start Last Night
Bill

[newslady]

As everyone planning these Rallies for America knows, much work has to be done to pull this off. Patriot1 first had to find a place to have the rally. Then she created a rally flyer, which we copied on our color copiers to provide literature for volunteers to distribute locally. She also FAXed copies of the flyer to all of the local radio and TV stations. The flyer was also available on the internet. The URL of the flyer was provided to supporters, who sent it to their email lists. We also provided this URL when we called in to local talk shows, which we found to be the best source of getting the word out to the largest number of people.

We also made a 2 by 8 foot sign with information about the rally on one side, including Patriot1’s home phone number, and patriotic signs on the other side. The sign cost us almost nothing, since we stapled poster board on a recycled Congressman David Vitter sign, and used permanent markers to letter the sign. The response to this sign was outstanding, since Patriot1 lives on a busy street. The TV stations also liked the sign, and they displayed it prominently in interviews with Patriot1, which were aired on the local news shows Monday night.

These TV interviews were prompted by press releases which Patriot1 sent to all of the media last Sunday. She also sent out press releases to all of the local TV and radio stations again on Thursday. The response to the Thursday press releases was that all of the local stations covered the rally last night.

Patriot1 also recorded a message with rally information which we used to make automatic phone calls to selected groups in our database.

This was a monumental effort in a week and a half, but Patriot1 did it like a true FReeper.

[concerned about politics]

Very, very good.
People are speaking out. This is a great day in America.
I hope we gain a lot of new FReepers, too. The more the merrier!

[Cheesel]

Oh man! That looked AWESOME! I guess it would be TOO MUCH TO ASK to get that sort of response in oh-so Lefty and PC Boston, one of the birthplaces of the US...HOW SAD. Can you guys come up here? :-)

[Auntie Mame]

Thanks for this information on how to do it. It is invaluable.

Bob, you might want to see this.

Dio, you too.

; - )

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Amazing! All of these folk look like they took a bath in the last day or so, unlike the cretins who are marching for Saddam.

Great photos! Great job! We will survive this and then the anti-war roaches can go back to their holes.

[fatima]

great job.

[EternalVigilance]

Great to hear how great the event was down there!

Congratulations!

Our FReep at the Iowa State Capitol today was a smashing success, too!

The State Patrol estimated the crowd at about 2000, which I think was pretty accurate.

Not a single peacemonger dared show their face, even though all of the local media touted the event in the last couple of days.

We got full-blown media coverage, including all 4 local TV stations.

We had a fantastic singer, bagpipers, full support by the veterans groups, and I spoke for about 15 minutes.

The highlight was that we put all of the families of those in active service on the steps in front of the podium...probably at least 200 people, and then I went down the row and had them share who their loved one was, which branch, and which outfit.

Lots of tears flowed--it was very powerful...

EV

[Sabertooth]

Well done. However, it's my understanding that for the duration of the war, threads like this belong in in Activism, not Breaking News.

[Bob J]

We're going to pull together all the "intelligence" from these rallies and include them in the "How to put on a successful Rally" resource on the FRN!

[Bob J]

WE NEED AN AFTER ACTION REPORT!

[deport]

Looks like you all had a great event and a lot of support from the community..... good job.

[EternalVigilance]

I'll do what I can. Waiting on pictures from numerous people...