Posted on 09/09/2009 3:04:18 PM PDT by GRRRRR
Arrived in DC this afternoon safe and sound. I will be posting pics at link over the next few days. If technically able, also links to YouTube vids of the Tea Party March itself.
Staying at the FR Hotel, but I haven't met up with any FReepers yet.
From my hotel window, I have a view of the Washington Monument and this other monument that I don't recall...
I also saw Marine 1 flying in this afternoon as Obozo returned from some sort of memorial for Walter Crankheit...
More pics to come.
G
I think pic #2 is a USAF “Missing Man” flight formation finish....
I never saw that before. I spent a week there about 30 years ago.
Yep. That’s the Air Force memorial. I can see that, the Washington Memorial and Jefferson Memorial from my window too.
Located on a promontory in Arlington, Virginia, overlooking the Pentagon and adjacent to Arlington Cemetery, the Air Force Memorial is easily seen on the skyline of Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in Arlington county.
We’ll be in tomorrow afternoon(early, I hope)
It’s also just about the only monument in DC that you can’t walk to without risking your life as it’s between the Jeff Davis Highway and the Potomac. You need to have a car or take a taxi.
Thursday...feels a bit like the calm before the storm.
Met up with some FREEPERS this morning and took a little walk down the hill. Did find the USAF Memorial and wandered around that site. Very simple and dignified. Up close, the Missing Man spires are very impressive.
There was a small memorial going on for the "Carpetbaggers" See Link Here a special operations USAF group in WWII.
Off to the north of the USAF Memorial, I could see just a small hill of Arlington National Cemetery...off in the distance to the east, I could see row after row of markers.
No it is not the Pentagon in the foreground. It is some sort of Dept of Defense building, Medical perhaps as there was a sign on an entry driveway for “Dental Area”...I wonder if it is a support building for burial preparation for Arlington?
The Pentagon is straight down the street from the hotel though.
G
Thanks.
Pre-Freeper Convention Meet & Greet at Sheraton
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336670/posts
Please stand by...pictures from the Friday Night Walter Reed FReep are coming up...PING your lists...
I will post just a few here, ALL the pics can be found at the ALBUM Link up thread...or below...
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-2/12444/2106725
MOONBATS!!
I estimated about 200 PATRIOTS there tonight, light drizzle but very enthusiastic crowd, MULTIPLE organizations had a presence there...
Great pics, G-man! Thanks for the ping.
God bless our troops.
Great pics! Going to check back later for more! :o)
BUMP
Dang guys, sorry about the larger file size...I forgot to resize, hope not too many dialups...
We have over 200 FReepers registered for the events tonight and tomorrow. Everyone is SO NICE and friendly, Freepers always are of course!
Little rainy and cloudy today but everyone is VERY STOKED for the rally tomorrow!!
I’ve got video, will try to YouTube it later tonight...
G
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