Support the Troops rally in HARVARD SQUARE!

[A_Conservative_in_Cambridge]

There was an impressive show of support for our troops and our Commander in Chief this afternoon in Harvard Square, Cambridge. Yes, you read that correctly: HAHVUD SQUARE! Right in the middle of zip code 02138, "the most opinionated zip code in America" according to a popular local T shirt. I estimate that there were at least 25 of us waving the Stars and Stripes and cheering for the good 'ole US of A. The cold and dampness were dispelled by the enthusiastic response we got from many bypassers. The horn blasts from passing fire trucks and ambulances were particularly gratifying, as was the VERY loud honk from a Texaco gasoline truck driver.

The rally was largely due to the efforts of a newly-formed patriotic organization at Harvard Law School (see http://www.studentsprotectingamerica.com). Fellow Freepers included Lev the photographer and Aaron the poet (see http://www.poetsforthewar.org). I also had the pleasure of meeting a visitor from Miami, an anti-Castro activist who hopes that "Fidel" will soon follow Saddam into the Dustbin of History (see http://123CUBA.COM).

The only discordant note in the afternoon's festivities was the arrival of a noisy band of anti-American protesters wielding palestinian [sic] flags and a drum. They went through their whole repertoire of Bush-bashing and America-trashing slogans, but we drowned them out with our own chants and songs. After a while the leftist riff-raff ran out of slogans and vocal cords, turned tail, and headed off into the rain.

A note for future patriotic events: We really must not let the lefties upstage us with their silly chants and drums. I suspect the pinkos would have left the scene a lot sooner if we had been able to muster our own patriotic DRUM & BUGLE CORPS! How about it, fellow freepers? Any musicians out there?

In closing, I hope that today's Patriotic Presence in 02138-land was the opening act of a new movement to FREE HARVARD SQUARE of empty leftist slogans and politically-correct posturing on the part of spineless "intellectuals" (see Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education by Roger Kimball).

[Boston Capitalist]

Pictures of this would warm my heart.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Next place should be Berkely!

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[patriciaruth]

Bump!

[FreeTheHostages]

Bump from a Harvard Law graduate. Would never have happened the year I went there! But that was before Dean Clark took over. Good for you guys.

[FreeTheHostages]

SEE!!?? I keep TELLING you guys that not EVERYONE who attends Harvard, that Baghdad on the Charles, is a ninny. :)

[Paleo Conservative]

I would have expected one in Baghdad first.

[NewYorker]

"the most opinionated zip code in America"

I once watched two idiots duke it out on Mass Ave. over a traffic dispute. One was riding a bicycle wearing a suit, vest, bow-tie and backpack, the other was driving a Volkswagen beetle. I treasure the memory of a classic Cambridge moment.

Congrats on a great Freep in the heart of enemy territory!

[jonatron]

Massachusetts ain't so bad bump...but Kambridge, well that's another story...home of Dershowitz, Chumpsky and former home of Corn-hole West

[Lev]

Pictures of this would warm my heart.

I posted all pictures (67) here: Boston Common, Harvard Sq 4/05/03  "Support Our Troops" pictures

Here's 20 I liked:

A_Conservative_in_Cambridge
	"Free Palestine"	See next photo :)	"Park legally, then talk"
	4 more years
	Representatives of local population explain to "Free Palestine" crowd why they are wrong and persuade them to leave		Yours truly

[SkyPilot]

As a former Cambridge resident of Highland Ave and Harvard Street--I say:

Thank you and God Bless you!

[Exit148]

From a former Conservative Bostonian ----Freepin'fantabulous!

(I'm still conservative but not a Bostonian any longer. Let's hear it for NJ??)

[Lev]

Harvard Sq rally pictures bump

[Windcatcher]

Man, that's like holding a rally for the Tzars in Moscow in 1919...talk about being in the belly of the beast.

[NH Liberty]

Thank you SO much for this!

Did you guys get many honks of approval in Harvard Square?? Any "thumbs-up"s?

[Lev]

Did you guys get many honks of approval in Harvard Square?? Any "thumbs-up"s?

Yes, quite a few. I have a few QuickTime clips to 'prove' it :)
Were you able to view the one from Medford sq?

[Boston Capitalist]

This is wonderful. I was in Harvard Square to night the first Gulf War started and saw Zero pro-war demonstrators to oppose the mass of pacifists. Great progress.

[Boston Capitalist]

This is wonderful. I was in Harvard Square to night the first Gulf War started and saw Zero pro-war demonstrators to oppose the mass of pacifists. Great progress.

[NH Liberty]

"Were you able to view the one from Medford sq?"

No, I couldn't, but I'm going to try again. It's just that I haven't yet figured it out. The photos are *fantastic*, though!

[NH Liberty]

Hey guinnessboy -- have you seen this?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/886200/posts?page=16