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The D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com invites all Freepers and lurkers in good standing to join us as we observe the Gathering of Eagles' Recruiter Appreciation Day with two events on successive days.We'll be bringing pizza, sodas and thank you cards to Armed Forces recruiters in Washington, D.C. and Silver Spring, Md.On Friday, May 18, we'll be at the recruiting center at 1099 14th St., NW, from noon to 1 p.m. The entrance to the recruiting center is on the L St. side of the building.On Saturday, May 19, we'll be at the Silver Spring, Md., recruiting center at 8202 Georgia...

<p>Mary Lou Greenberg gripped a slotted serving spoon and took out her frustrations over the Iraq war on a cast-iron skillet.</p> <p>The makeshift percussion instrument delivered a piercing rhythm to lead the chant by protestors Tuesday evening outside the White House in Washington.</p>

<p>Washington, DC, April 27, 2007-- It was a small crowd tonight despite the wonderful weather. The weather readers predicted thundershowers which precluded putting up the MOAB (Mother Of All Banners), but the rain stayed away until after we had put away the banners and flags and called it a night. Tonight's list of FReepers & FRiends in attendance (If I missed anyone - please let me know!): BillF, Bill from MD*, Cindy-True-Supporter, Fraxinus, Jimmy Valentine's Brother, Kristinn, Laura Bush, PleaDeal, PrezUSA222, R.T. Delta, tgslTakoma, TJ from GoE, Tolerance Sucks Rocks, and VAFlagWaver.</p>

Sorry for being so late with this. The original writer came down with computer issues so the report was assigned to me.Honor roll: Just A Nobody; TFroatz; Jimmy Valentine’s brother; tgslTakoma; Trooprally (Mr. and Mrs.); Sensei Ern; Tom the Redhunter; Plea Deal; Cindy_True_Supporter; Fraxinus; BufordP; Lurker Bill; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; VaFlagWaver; PrezUSa222; Lurker Andrea and KristinnWe know how the anti-American left feels about our troops. That's why we've been coming to Walter Reed on Friday nights for over two years to protect our troops from Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, et. al. The mainstream media glosses over these groups' agenda...

This year Stephen Colbert wasn't invited to speak. But as media hotshots arrived for the much-hyped annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, they were faced with a new dilemma – how to avoid the rat. A rat carrying a sign saying "RUSSERT WILL RAT YOU OUT" graced the corner of the sidewalk at Connecticut and Florida Avenues, where President Bush arrived in his motorcade. CLICK HERE FOR MORE RAT, AL QAEDA, DAN RATHER PHOTOS. The sign was referring to NBC News' Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, who testified in the recently concluded CIA leak trial that he had spoken...

Last night at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic was paid a visit by a film crew from French-Canadian TV 3 out of Quebec. The crew was there working on a story about Code Pink and they came up from the Pinkos' spot in front of Walter Reed to get our views on the war in Iraq.Gael Murphy led a contingent of Pinkos up the block to our permitted area at the main gate so she could get some footage of the Pinkos 'dialoguing' with the Freepers for the film crew.One of the Pinkos called...

The D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com invites all Freepers and lurkers in good standing to join us at our 9th annual media bias freep at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. This is always the D.C. Chapter's most fun freep of the year. Those who participate get to freep in person news anchors, reporters and media executives for their biased reporting. We also get to meet and cheer the unbiased reporters, anchors and executives in attendance, as well as our conservative friends in politics and political commentary.When: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2007.Where: Connecticut Avenue and T Street,...

WASHINGTON, DC, April 13, 2007— Friday the 13th was fun for the DC Chapter and the soldiers who came out to greet us; not so much for the dour lefties down the street. They cooperated fully in making themselves look foolish, weeks after April Fools' Day was over. Just for fun, let's dispense with extra narrative this week and just enjoy the adventure in pictures: FReepers TFroatz, PrezUSA222 and Cindy-True-Supporter stand between a new banner donated by VAFlagWaver, left, and our small blue troop-support banner, right. VAFlagWaver, TFroatz, Cindy-True-Supporter and Fraxinus (red cap) talk with lurkerCraig from UDC... Craig from...

Kristinn is going to be Andrea's sidekick for the entire program today. Visit Andrea's program site to listen to a live stream

The moon may have been full last week, but I'm thinking there must have been a delayed effect on the Code Pink moonbats from down the street. "The Easter Bunny from Hell" showed up and did a little dance for our intrepid photographer Yikes! It doesn't get any scarier than that. Glad we keep the kids away from the moonbats or they'll be scarred for life. Mrs Trooprally appropriately titled the photo "I am a Moron" on her Photobucket site. Fortunately for the troops the moonbats are relegated to a spot down the street from the main entrance where few...

The Gathering of Eagles rally and follow-up counter protest of the Moonbats' surrender parade was such a huge success that an item very near and dear to the DC Chapter members' hearts was lost that day.As the rally was winding down, I was handing out MOABs (each was disassembled and packed in a drawstring bag) to Freepers who offered to carry them over to the Lincoln Memorial for use as the Moonbat parade marched by. I also handed out the bags holding our many 3' x 5' flags, so that the Moonbats would be met with a sea of US...

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2007—Tonight's FReep under a full moon at Walter Reed contained more than the usual excitement, not least because a Swiftboat Veteran joined us, lots of soldiers visited, Olney-Keith debated an anti-war protester down the street, 15 college students stood with us, and some people who had attended Gathering of Eagles came out, too. As usual, FReepers outnumbered the anti-war stragglers down the street, this week 43 to 11. Tonight also marked the DC Chapter's two-year anniversary standing at the gates of Walter Reed on Friday evenings, when the number of outpatients going out for the evening or...

Three March 23 letters about the recent march on the Pentagon protest and counter-protest raised points that need to be addressed. Regarding the letter from Matt Mendelsohn of Arlington: The Gathering of Eagles did not hire security to protect the monuments. We hired security to protect our rally and equipment. The Park Service, with the voluntary aid of thousands of veterans, protected the monuments. Regarding the letter from Mark Burton of Damascus: Mr. Burton quoted Mahatma Gandhi, yet Gandhi would not have marched, as Mr. Burton did, with a group such as the Answer Coalition, which reveres the communist mass...

Here is the rest of the day. The photos speak for themselves. I think the Freepers now know the truth of what happened Saturday. It is a shame that all of America doesn't read this site. 1. 2.3. 4.5. 6.7. 8.9. 10.11. 12.13. 14.15.16.17. 18.

The sun was cover by clouds. The wind picked and we kept our eyes on the crest of the bridge. There is no way to shield your eyes for this horror. In a few minutes, we will see the horrors of our culture. The freak parade will come by with the Bush hating masses of worthless souls. The DC Chapter has faced this for the last 9 years but it is never easy. You have to keep up the fire but you want to turn away from the Medusa like vision. We left the children home for this one. The...

We walked past the wall and the military venders in front of the Lincoln Memorial. My wife’s and my mission was to find the Freepers in this area. It was easy. The American flag on the above the Marine flag on a PVC pole told us one thing. The trooprallys were under those flags. The loud speakers of the moonbat’s PA were calling out geographic locations as we walked to the side of the big Lincoln. I heard some state’s name yelled into the PA. Then they yell that some moonbats were ”in the house” (How cliché). To my right...

The Gathering of Eagles, the squeaking of mice – Part 1 The morning started at 6:30 AM. Apple Blossom and I got up and headed for DC. What the day was going to be like was any guess. I have been going to local freeps since 1998. It started from the Saturday mornings at the White House to the fun at Olney and Walter Reed. We had heard that we had many on the way but it you never know until you get there. The traffic was light and we found parking quickly. The day already started well. While going...

Forty years after the March on the Pentagon that Norman Mailer wrote into history in his "The Armies of the Night," a group of anti-war activists is planning a war protest with a large crowd at the same location. Only this time, there will be a difference. A grassroots group of counterprotesters will be on hand at the Mall this Saturday, March 17, to defend soldiers and their service. The Gathering of Eagles, a grassroots group, launched its Web site, gatheringofeagles.org, on February 10. Since that time, it has received more than 200,000 visitors. Organizers say the origin of the...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 9, 2007— Most Americans will root for an underdog. Since the dubiously motivated articles stirring up scandal at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center appeared in the Washington Post over the past weeks, the motorists who beeped for our troop-support rally at the gates of Walter Reed on Friday night were now double, triple in number. Now it wasn't just a discreet little toot every five or ten cars; it was many drivers at a time releasing loud, long, sometimes frankly impassioned blasts of the horn, from cars, trucks, Metro buses, even a DC police car –...

The National Park Service has issued a permit for the Gathering of Eagles demonstration and rally on March 17 in Washington, D.C. as illustrated on the Eagle web site “Maps” link under “Sections”. BOTTOM LINE: AS UNACCEPTABLE AS THE PERMIT GRANTED IS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL We view the permit decision unacceptable and will be taking immediate steps to appeal what we believe is an unworkable decision. If the National Park Service is unfavorable to our appeal, our legal arm will pursue immediate court action to acquire an equitable, realistic solution. The good news...