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Lest We forget, a seminal moment in 2017... This was the keystone event. (Original Post) Tommymac Aug 2020 OP
I think I may handmade34 Aug 2020 #1
It was an amazing day. Tommymac Aug 2020 #4
I came out of the Grand Central 42nd street exit (right there!) and couldn't breathe for a minute. Squinch Aug 2020 #15
Gosh, it seems like a lifetime ago SallyHemmings Aug 2020 #2
know. But the memory energizes me all over agian. Tommymac Aug 2020 #7
(i thought i recognized you!) unblock Aug 2020 #3
Hey! Nice to see you again! Tommymac Aug 2020 #5
We were there, but caught in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd behind the speaker's platform! nt woodsprite Aug 2020 #6
Joe & Kamala's meme for 2020 Botany Aug 2020 #8
I took a friend to the Los Angeles branch of the March. Busloads of women from our county... Hekate Aug 2020 #9
Yeah Baby. Resist! Tommymac Aug 2020 #13
Yep That started it all... Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #10
I have cherished this memory for 3.5 years. It gives me strength and HOPE. Tommymac Aug 2020 #16
Joe & Kamala's meme for 2020 We'll get it done, together. Botany Aug 2020 #11
can't tell where i am, barbtries Aug 2020 #12
I think WE The People were ALL there that day. Tommymac Aug 2020 #14
When we got home, barbtries Aug 2020 #17
I was in St. Petersburgh. 5000 were expected.... 20,000 showed up. lamp_shade Aug 2020 #18
That had to be cool. Tommymac Aug 2020 #23
My sister and I, plus my son attended the Woman's March in Helena, MT Delmette2.0 Aug 2020 #19
These stories still give me chills of joy and HOPE Tommymac Aug 2020 #21
100,000 in St Paul, MN PoliWrangler Aug 2020 #20
Yeah. We were there the evening before the March, MAGA Hats everywhere. Tommymac Aug 2020 #22

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. I think I may
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:26 AM
Aug 2020

have been standing right near you

at one point I just sat down and cried... overwhelmed by the immensity and beauty of the sea of faces and bodies

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
4. It was an amazing day.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:30 AM
Aug 2020

My spirit needed uplifting that day for sure.

Never forget my sister and her family flew out from SoCal to be there...and we met my nephew's future wife and her family too ...( he'a a lawyer in DC).

And of coarse I was wearing a pink pussy hat...

Squinch

(50,922 posts)
15. I came out of the Grand Central 42nd street exit (right there!) and couldn't breathe for a minute.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:36 AM
Aug 2020

What a day! I am tearing up thinking about it.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
7. know. But the memory energizes me all over agian.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:32 AM
Aug 2020

If I had only known where Kamala's path would lead her and the Country...

Hekate

(90,565 posts)
9. I took a friend to the Los Angeles branch of the March. Busloads of women from our county...
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:32 AM
Aug 2020

...got up well before dawn to make that trip. What a great day that was.

This country does NOT belong to Trump and his bloody-handed fascists. From the Women’s March to the Moms of Portland, we have been resisting and have joined with all others who resist.

Sisters, Resist & Persist!

barbtries

(28,774 posts)
12. can't tell where i am,
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:33 AM
Aug 2020

but I'm there too!
along with 2 of my sons, 1 DIL, 1 granddaughter, 1 niece, and one friend. we came from NC, CA, and NY.
I asked my granddaughter that day, "How does it feel to know you're a part of history?" It was epic.

Took my grandsons to the 3rd Women's March in 2019. Won't be going in 2021 because coronavirus, sadly.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
14. I think WE The People were ALL there that day.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:35 AM
Aug 2020

In some form or another, whatever geographical locale, Our Spirits rose to the occasion.

barbtries

(28,774 posts)
17. When we got home,
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 10:40 AM
Aug 2020

I sat down and watched the whole thing on C-Span. I never got close to the speakers that day! But the signs, the tremendous number of people, the spirit of the crowd. It was wonderful and I will never forget it or how incredibly happy I was to have my children and granddaughter with me that day.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
23. That had to be cool.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:34 PM
Aug 2020

We were shocked at how many were in DC... the metro train station 20 miles north was packed at 7AM that morning going in - we had to wait an hour to get on a train.

Thanks for sharing.

Delmette2.0

(4,158 posts)
19. My sister and I, plus my son attended the Woman's March in Helena, MT
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 12:47 PM
Aug 2020

If I remember correctly, it was 20 degrees in spite of the clear blue sky. 10,000 people showed up! I'll never forget that day. There were license plates from all over the state and plenty of men joined in. My dear, thoughtful son made up a thermos of coffee and had paper cups to keep his Mom and Aunt warm.

There were marchers all across the state.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
21. These stories still give me chills of joy and HOPE
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:26 PM
Aug 2020

No matter where we are, no matter what hell and division Trumpo is putting us all through right now...

We ARE still Americans, still One People and will once again be the shining hope for mankind after Jan 20th when Joe & Kamala storm the gates.

Thanks for sharing!

PoliWrangler

(139 posts)
20. 100,000 in St Paul, MN
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 01:01 PM
Aug 2020

My 17 year old daughter just returned from a school trip for the inauguration in DC. Straight from the airport to join us at the march. She just sat down on the capitol lawn and wept. Coming from such hate at DC inauguration to the love at the march.

Tommymac

(7,263 posts)
22. Yeah. We were there the evening before the March, MAGA Hats everywhere.
Wed Aug 12, 2020, 09:33 PM
Aug 2020

It was quite unsettling...but the next day made up for it.

I'll never forget a 'float' in a pickup full of Magat's got stuck on one of the side streets, after the millions at the Woman's March spilled over into the streets behind the WH. Drunk Trumpies in the bed of the truck were at first were yelling and laughing at all of us in 'pink pussy hats'....until about 100 Women surrounded the pickup the guys were in and started counter demonstrating. The police had to tow the Magidiots out of there.

But I know how she must have felt. Thanks for sharing.

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