Free Republic

The DC Chapter of Free Republic, Rally4America.org and our co-sponsors, NorthernVirginiaGOP.com and RepublicanAction.com, are pleased to announce The Patriots Rally for America (the "Rally") to be held in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2002 at the Washington Monument. The Rally will be held on the Northwest Quadrant of the Washington Monument grounds near the intersection of 17th Street, N.W. and Constitution Avenue, N.W. This Rally will be a family-friendly event to show support for America and for the men and women of our Armed Forces. Nationally-known conservative leaders and friends of Free Republic are being invited to speak at the...

Members of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com stood vigil at the Pentagon Memorial on Saturday, March 16, 2002, from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., as we paid our respects to those murdered on September 11 in the terrorist attacks. We also showed our continuing support for President Bush and the men and women in our armed forces as they conduct Operation Enduring Freedom. It was a cloudy day filled with intermittent rain. Luckily for us, the rain stopped while we were there tending to the memorial and talking to the many visitors who still flock to the hillside to spend...

Around a dozen FReepers and Lurkers attended the Senate Judiciary Committee vote for Judge Charles Pickering, President Bush's nominee to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. When Kristinn and Angelwood arrived outside the hearing room in the Dirksen Building around 1:30 p.m., a lengthy line of left-wing and conservative activists had already assembled. We met some Lurker friends of Reagangirl who were glad to see some FReepers there. We exchanged greetings and pro-Pickering stickers. Angelwood had printed up a large number of stickers with four different messages. We handed out about five dozen stickers to conservatives and a couple of...