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Lest we forget……. The March for Justice October 31, 1998
Recollections of A FRee Republic Poster | October 31, 2018 | bert

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


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To: bert

‘Twas a great day! And a great gathering of Patriots!


21 posted on 10/31/2018 8:54:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: bert

Maybe upload to YouTube in segments


22 posted on 10/31/2018 8:58:41 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: bert
I WAS THERE!!!
23 posted on 10/31/2018 9:10:48 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: bert

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.


24 posted on 10/31/2018 9:13:06 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: bert

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/


25 posted on 10/31/2018 9:17:08 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: SamAdams76
"I'm trying to remember the speakers from that day. Alan Keyes, Larry Klayman, Ann Coulter,..."

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.

26 posted on 10/31/2018 9:22:12 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: bert

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


27 posted on 10/31/2018 9:23:06 AM PDT by larryjohnson (FReepersonaltrainer)
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To: kristinn; Angelwood

Do you ever see or hear from Angelwood?


28 posted on 10/31/2018 9:27:46 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: bert

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.


29 posted on 10/31/2018 9:31:03 AM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: bert

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.


30 posted on 10/31/2018 9:41:43 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama was slapping on all those police agencies.)
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To: bert

Rush has a business advertiser that converts VHS to digital..
..thing they are called something like legacy box.


31 posted on 10/31/2018 9:44:18 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama was slapping on all those police agencies.)
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To: bert

I have a VHS tape recording of Rush’s old TV show with Bill Clinton fake cry when leaving the Ron Brown funeral....


32 posted on 10/31/2018 9:45:12 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (We need a consent decree for the FBI like Obama was slapping on all those police agencies.)
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To: MosesKnows

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!


33 posted on 10/31/2018 9:46:15 AM PDT by doberville
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To: bert
A magnificent event I brag about to my grandchildren frequently...

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...

34 posted on 10/31/2018 10:23:05 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: June2
"Was going to post a picture of my “March For Justice” pin ..."

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...

35 posted on 10/31/2018 10:33:24 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: bert

I couldn’t make it but remember it. It was just a few days after I joined FR.


36 posted on 10/31/2018 10:42:43 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: bert

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.


37 posted on 10/31/2018 10:44:24 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: MosesKnows
"Out of the many pictures I took this was and is my favorite."

Thanks for sharing your experience. Where is the picture though?

38 posted on 10/31/2018 10:50:08 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: Spunky

Ping for later viewing.


39 posted on 10/31/2018 10:53:48 AM PDT by Spunky ("Immigration is a privilege, not a right." President Donald Trump)
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To: Spunky
I'm pretty sure Bob Barr was there - you just jogged my memory. I don't think a lot of pols were there as remember, this was the final week of the campaign for the mid-terms so they needed to be in their districts campaigning.

Barr made quite a sacrifice to attend our event.

40 posted on 10/31/2018 11:23:59 AM PDT by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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