Saturday morning, a small group of war protesters marched down Mass Ave right outside our building, yelling and making noise. It wasn't a very large group, but they had police escorts nonetheless, and it piqued our curiosity. Was there something larger going on? We felt a little out of it to learn that there was a indeed a larger war protest rally going on at the Mall. So we decided to go down and take a look. Here are the pics.

There's nothing much I can tell you about the rally that you can't read in the WaPo, but here are a few observations:

I have to say, it was a pretty impressive showing. Not as large as the March for Women's Lives back in 2004, but still pretty darn big. I thought I had pics from the 2004 women's march online, but I just realized they were part of my 'old' gallery system and I removed them a while back. I'm slowly moving those old photos over to the new system. The pivotal word being 'slowly.'

This weekend's rally didn't have any catchy slogan or banner associated with it, and this was good. It was refreshing. It was just a gathering of people protesting the war. Different people from all different backgrounds. The result was a diverse range of voices and unique messages on signs. Not everybody was carrying the same sign. This was nice. It felt a little more like the 70s, or at least what I've seen of it on TV. I mean, even Jane Fonda was there.

Although the day before the rally was freezing cold, and the day after was dreary and wet, the day of was a beautiful, sun-shiny, light-coat-wearing type of day. I'm not an expert in these matters, but if we wanted to talk about a 'higher power,' which, after all, this president is keen on doing, we might go so far as to say there was tacit consent, if not outright approval, of the protest. Either that, or he just wanted a good view.

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