Posted on 10/31/2018 6:32:09 AM PDT by bert
For weeks ahead of the date, folks like me had to decide……. Do I really believe all this stuff we discuss daily on Free Republic? Should I scrounge up some money and set aside the time to travel to Washington DC to be a part of what is being called The March For Justice? The Answer is Yes!
There was to be a march with State flags. I bought a Tennessee state flag to wave in the gathering. To my astonishment, as I waved the flag, several Tennesseans in the crowd rallied to the flag and zap…..we had a Tennessee delegation present on the field.
There were lots of great speeches and general feeling of well being as we celebrated on the Mall in the literal shadow of the Washington Monument. What we said in our posts lacked an identity, but that day, we came together with more or less one very proud voice. The crowd faced the White House and in that one very loud voice shouted Impeach, Impeach, Impeach.
The night before, across from the infamous Water Gate complex, we took over the hotel. There were small groups and knots of people in every nook and cranny, on the stairs, in the conference rooms we just appropriated by strength of numbers. There were whoops of glee and recognition as we met and put a face to someone we actually knew well but had never seen. There was awe as Matt Drudge showed up and worked the crowd. A woman named Goldberg showed up also. I didn’t know her but she made a big impact. She called us Freepers. The name stuck to this day. There were several selling stuff to finance their trip. There was a table selling authentic March For Justice stuff to finance proceedings. My poster purchased at that table still hangs in my office. That gathering twenty years ago on the evening before Halloween changed my life. I knew that I must pay attention to try to be a better, active citizen.
It was apparent that rather than walk the long distance from the Parking lot to suicide, the body had been driven up a weed clogged road and carried a hundred yards or less and deposited in the park. Also of note, as we traversed through Fort Marcy Park, we noticed yellow post it notes stuck here and there. They had been left by other FReepers who made the visit around midnight the night before. I still have all those sticky notes.
That was twenty years ago today……… what a fantastic day it was
‘Twas a great day! And a great gathering of Patriots!
Maybe upload to YouTube in segments
I was a new lurker at that time and I read everything on Freerepublic. I felt I was a part of the March for Justice even though I was not there in person.
This might be of interest if you wanted to digitize vhs tape and maybe upload to youtube etc.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/transfer-vhs-tapes-to-digital-files-computer/
Wasn't Bob Barr one of them and I may be way off here but I am thinking Mike Huckabee? He was a lot heavier and was playing with his band.
My only Freep. I moved from Alexandria, VA in 96 but it was worth it to return from Maine for this event. Stayed with an ex coworker.
My dem wife never knew why I returned. Glad to have met JIM Rob and other early FReepers there.
Larry
Do you ever see or hear from Angelwood?
I was there!! Drove up from Virginia Beach. Awesome time.
I still have a copy of the newspaper we put the full-page ad in.
Not every creeper was on this website back then like you and I were.....your story should include what the March for justice was about.
Rush has a business advertiser that converts VHS to digital..
..thing they are called something like legacy box.
I have a VHS tape recording of Rush’s old TV show with Bill Clinton fake cry when leaving the Ron Brown funeral....
I, too, spoke with Joyce Smith at the MFJ. She was broadcast out of Houston as Rejoice.
What an appropriate name! Such an uplifting lady!
If the Republic is ever restored (and that is dubious at best) IMHO it will be one of the key events described in history books as leading to the restoration...
I still have two March-For-Justice T-shirts and one of the cardboard signs... Two of my grandsons have laid claim to them in case (at 85) I unexpectedly assume ground temperature...
In addition, all of my grandchildren have ample guns & ammo that I have giving as birthday presents for many years...
I couldn’t make it but remember it. It was just a few days after I joined FR.
I was a lurker at the time so knew that it was supposed to be on C-SPAN, but when it was supposed to start, C-SPAN put on a re-run of a discussion with Madeleine Albright. I went outside and raked leaves for a while, then came back inside and found that they were showing it. Perhaps they got enough complaints. I can’t imagine there was much demand for hearing from the cleaning lady.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Where is the picture though?
Ping for later viewing.
Barr made quite a sacrifice to attend our event.
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