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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLest We forget, a seminal moment in 2017... This was the keystone event.
(That's me in the far right of the top pix below the Monument... )
handmade34
(22,756 posts)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)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)What a day! I am tearing up thinking about it.
SallyHemmings
(1,819 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)If I had only known where Kamala's path would lead her and the Country...
unblock
(52,126 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)woodsprite
(11,905 posts)Botany
(70,449 posts)Hekate
(90,565 posts)...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 Womens March to the Moms of Portland, we have been resisting and have joined with all others who resist.
Sisters, Resist & Persist!
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,605 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Botany
(70,449 posts)barbtries
(28,774 posts)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)In some form or another, whatever geographical locale, Our Spirits rose to the occasion.
barbtries
(28,774 posts)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.
lamp_shade
(14,816 posts)It was awesome as hell.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)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)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)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)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)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.