912 March on the Capitol, 1.5 MILLION!!!

My sister and I had a blast at the 912 March on the Capitol. HUGE, enormous, polite, excited, dedicated, resolved, activist We-Are-Not-Going-Away throng of American Patriots.

It wasn't organized by party or ideology, everyone, every age, was represented. I did not see one "Fringe Radical", of any persuasion, supportive or combative. The overwhelming sentiment was a determination to return our Nation to its constitutional framework, as so beautifully devised by our Founders.

For logistics, we got to Belk's parking lot at 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Five full buses, seven hours each way. Got back 24 hours later.

We were supposed to rally at the Freedom Plaza, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, and start the march at 11:30. But there was not enough room for everyone to stage. Understatement.

We started down Pennsylvania Avenue at 9:30 as soon as we got there from where the buses let us off at the Washington Monument (about a 30-minute walk). From Freedom Plaza, it took almost three hours to get to the Capitol, there were that many people.

Not all attendees marched. The marchers filled in the front, people who just showed up for the event, filled in on the mall.


Early on, CNN was reporting only 600 people. Park service and ABC reporting during the event, that there were between 1.5 million and 2 million.

More realistic would be 900,000+. Click here for how photographers and videographers estimated size. Makes sense, at 4,200 people passing each minute, based on the fact that it took us almost three hours to move from Freedom Plaza to the Capitol and we were in the front of the march with the majority behind us.

The marchers loved a version of The Wave... The Roar, that began at the back of the march and moved forward, overtaking us with sound. And we sang patriotic songs over and over, with chants of USA, USA. We were such an unruly, angry, racist, nasty mob. Not.

We never saw one Porta Potty. Park police told one of our group members that they were prepared for 5,000 people.

We were in the front because North Carolina marched fourth in line. Groups had state flags and colored banners for each bus/group to keep everyone together. Talked to people (most in large GROUPS) from:

New Mexico, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Maryland, New York, Virginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia. That was just my experience; I'd bet that every state was represented.

Check out this time lapse video.

Link to USA Today's graphic for estimating crowd size on the mall, developed for the last inaugural:

Michelle Malkin's site for more video and crowd estimates.

Click here for a compilation of GREAT signs.



Americans for Prosperity Defending the Dream Summit, October 2nd, DC.

I hope to go to the summit and everything else I (we, Jason couldn't go this time) can support.

So far, I'm exhausted today, but not any sicker. My weird-looking seat in the photo is a cane that converts to a sling seat and then you balance (Ha! me, balance) and it was a lifesaver -- to keep me from stumbling around -- and for resting.

My Internist told me not to go, I've been so sick the last month. But some things take precedent. This was one.

Feel free to share this, Share buttons for all social media in the far right column. And please research your local 912 events to see how your community participated, this was bigger than just DC. Fox News reported that the Texas 912 March expected 5,000 and had 20,000. In the rain.

Glenn Beck at 5 EDT for next steps. I tuned in March 13 when he launched the 912 Project. So glad I made it to DC.

But we're not done yet... 912 Project. Unite or Die.