Posted on 04/17/2009 3:15:10 PM PDT by Henchster
CONGRATULATIONS! We are now up to ALL 50 states plus D.C., 485 cities, and can document no less than 602,000 and as many as 680,000 patriots took place in the greatest grass roots act of defiance since 1773!
EVERY state in the Union protested Washington D.C.'s tax and spend scheme.
You can check to see if your tea party is listed HERE if not, post a comment on this thread citing the city, state and headcount.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
AWESOME!!!
Victoria, TX - 400+ More than 400 protest taxes and big government at Victoria's Texas TEA party
Kaufman, TX - 200 TEA Party about more than taxes
Rockport (Aransas County), TX - 100 County residents gather for own version of tea party
Friendswood (Tri-County), TX - 600+ TriCounty Tea Party This was the promoter's site and estimate - could not find media source to confirm.
At this pace, just with Texas cities, I will have us over 1,000,000!
Still looking for these Texas cities: Big Spring, Columbus, Eastland, Floresville, Jacksonville among many others that had scheduled events, but can't find numbers.
More to come...
There were a number of Chicago “suburban” Tea Parties that may not be listed—Joliet was reported to Have 300 as per Sun Times; Naperville probably had 300 or more—I am not good with eyeballing crowd estimates. Any other suburbanite care to chime in or correct the numbers...
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I'll post a picture of it (as soon as I figure out how).
Finally got the numbers from the local paper for
Viera FL 350-400
Cocoa Beach FL 200-250
Palm Bay FL 60-80
This will all be within the very large county of Brevard which has the largest number of over 1000 already listed in Melbourne.
Best I can get numbers and locations ( no freepers in these areas?).
The Biggest Brevard Tea Party is scheduled for Sunday the 19th at Wickham Park/CCCampus. It should be HUGE!
There were about 1000 people at the Tea Party in Rome, NY. That was my own estimate and the Observer Dispatch newspaper estimated 1000, too. It was held at Fort Stanwix.
Zanesville, Ohio 400
Video here.
Ocala, FL is reported as having 1000 attendees, but that was at the first of two rallies. The second rally had another 800, for a total of 1800. See the linked story from the Ocala Star Banner, a NY Times paper: “ http://www.ocala.com/article/20090416/ARTICLES/904161012 “
Here is an article from the local paper with a photo:
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090416/NEWS01/904160301
They are wrong about the number though the courthouse front is 30’-40’ in from the road and probably 500’ wide it was pretty packed with people down the side street too.They say 100 the TV news said 400?
We had more than 1000 in Columbus Indiana, it was more like 2000-2500, IMO.
Those are the local media’s numbers!
My feeling is the White House used the release of these memos to get the Tea Parties off the front page? Anyone else get the same vibe?
Great job everyone. Per PMSNBC, we are all racists!
Iron Mountain, MI small town in the UP, paper says “over a hundred” I had a friend who said his last count was 172.
New Braunfels, TX - 300 Protesters fill Main Plaza for Tea Party
Plano, TX to "several hundred" TEA’d off demonstrators take to the streets I'm embarrassed I don't have numbers, I work just down the street from one of the Plano protests! Somebody help!!
There are still several cities in Texas who had events scheduled but not on the list. I have to end the work tonight. But if anyone has the time to Google for the following cities: Marble Falls held @ Lakeside park; Meridian (Bosque CO); Pearland, Port Lavaca, Rockwall, San Angelo, San Marcos, Seabrook, Sherman, Stephenville, Tomball, Uvalde and Victoria.
I am sure there are probably many more, but those were the ones on the calendar.
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By 2 p.m., about 900 to 1,000 people were already in Pleasanton, waving flags and hoisting signs with messages like "Taxed to Death," "Salary Caps for Congress" and "Obama and Pelosi are pirates minus boats and guns."
Tomball Tx. offical estimate 1800-2000-2200
Add Gloucester, VA. 200-300 showed up.
Thank you very much for this list. I appreciate it sincerely.
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