Posted on 09/11/2013 3:32:02 PM PDT by tenger
Here's my action report for the 9-11 events in DC. I live in Hagerstown and I took the day off and went to DC to support the Bikers, and to take photos of the event. The weather was sunny and in the 90s here with very little breeze. When I arrived I literally said out loud, "where is everybody?" I was surprised completely to find the Muslims were non-existent anywhere near the National Mall (later on that). I first met a few bikers who had parked their cycles near the Capitol building on Jefferson Street. Behind them in the slightly wooded area were about 10-15 motorcycle cops. Not sure if it was their lunch break or maybe even a doughnut break. :) In any event, they were respectful and left the bikers alone. By 12:30 they had left.
Back to the event. Several times from 11am to about 12:30 a wave of bikers rode past the Capitol building and I captured some of that. Then someone said that a larger group of them were on Constitution Avenue near the Washington Monument (under repair as you'll see in a few photos), so I made my way over there. Lot of bikers there both riding and relaxing. Not sure where they all started from and not sure where they ended but it wasn't like Rolling Thunder where thousands roll by at a time. They were mainly in groups of 10 and 20 riding by. Don't have the numbers but from what I saw nothing near two million bikers. However, I think the threat of having that many bikers in town could have scared off the other group. Who knows?
Back to the Muslims. I think they were the group of 40 or so protesting the U.S. Government being the real terrorist or something. I didn't stay long enough to hear their message. They were in the baking sun with absolutely no protection, and since and I was getting redder, I moved on. Literally, nothing to see there! I only have one shot of them. They were actually fairly close in proximity to the Christian preachers.
So that's my report. I have included a link to the photos I uploaded to Flickr. I'd upload them to FR from there but quite honestly, the heat and the walking drained a lot out of me. So if someone feels industrious, have at it. I think they did capture the moment.
For anyone interested, I used a Fujifilm x100, which has a 23mm fixed lens.
So here's the Flickr link. 2 Million Bikers
nice
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Awesome!
Thanks!
Great,thanks for taking the time
didn’t anyone tell Obozo he was riding a girls bike?
how many bikers were there?
I saw that there were but 25 people at the one million Muslim march.
Thank you for the link to the photos. They are really good, that is high resolution, sharp pictures!
It was really hard to say how many bikers were there. I was one guy roaming between two spots. I’ll say “thousands” but I could be way off by tens of thousands. No where near 2 million unless there was a huge pack I missed entirely.
Biker One?
didn’t anyone tell Obozo he was riding a girls bike?
ever slip off the pedals on a boys bike?
Iced Tea all over my keyboard!
I am happy that they made it. Does anyone have a count of how many were there?
If someone comes up with a “people march”, I will put it on the list for my annual visit.
Note the size of his hips. It seems appropriate.
Not a million Muslims?
WHAT?
Obama wept.
FUBO.
Thanks! Those are all great!!!
Peewee under the Big Top.
“Stunt Double”
Enjoyed the photos, especially the deuce-n-half cargo transporter, a better vehicle has yet to be built...IMO
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