A traffic camera helped to produce this time lapse video of the rally.


Several people from the greater Albany area made the trip to Washington and participated in the march. Among those was Donna Driskell who traveled with Debra Swindell. Locally we had a gathering of people at Beef O’Bradys that could not attend the march. 40 people watched Glenn Beck’s coverage of the event at the restaurant, and they got several updates live from Driskell. She called to say that there were clearly more than a million people in Washington during her first call. The restaurant exploded in applause. Towards the end of the event, she called again and reported that the roads were blocked and people were still trying to get off of buses and to the rally. The enormous crowd in D.C. could be heard on the phone.

Another person that traveled to Washington D.C. was Jeff Korson. Jeff said, “We filled the paraded route from beginning to end and keep it filled with people marching until 11:30a.m. Then from that point on there was a steady stream of people. We filled the grass way in front of the Capitol and all the way back to the Washington Monument.”
Here is a photo of Jeff with some of his friends from our area at the march. (Note: Jeff is in the white t-shirt and white hat on the left.)

Becky Worsham was another south Georgian that attended the rally. She reports, “All of you need to feel so encouraged that there are people fighting out there (just like us) to bring this country back to what it used to be. For those of you who have been to D.C. the protesters stretched all the way from the Capitol building back to the mall area, which is an 8 block area! (And these are not small blocks like we have here in south Georgia!) Our group was very lucky and actually had a spot on the lawn of the Capitol building itself!”

Charlie Prochaska made the trip to Washington too. Prochaska took the time to visit Congressional offices about support for the FairTax. His wife, Susanne, reports that Charlie educated the Blue Dog Democrats and others in Congress about the FairTax idea. Many did not even realize that FairTax bills have already been introduced in the House (HR 25) and Senate (S296). Here is one of Prochaska’s photos. This one was taken at the reflecting pool in front of the Capitol building.

Lee Larko was also at this historic rally. He reports, “We lined up to march at 8AM. The crowd swelled so much that we started the march at 9:30. That’s two hours earlier than we were supposed to! I got to the end near the Capitol and watched for the next 4 hours as people streamed in! A Capitol Police officer that I spoke to said that a conservative estimate was 2 Million! People were everywhere! You could not imagine the vast numbers of people crowded together!”

I have heard that certain ways that we communicate with our legislators carry more weight than others. For instance, 1000 e-mails equals about 100 phone calls which equals ten faxes which equals one hand written letter. If a hand written letter equals 1000 e-mails, I wonder how much weight a personal visit carries? What if about 2 million people stopped by to pay a visit? Bob Rehberg spoke to his wife on his cell phone after we left Beef O’Bradys on Saturday. She had just gotten through to the switchboard of the White House and asked, “Do you hear us now?” She said that they replied, “Yes, we hear you.” Let’s hope that is true. Do you want to hear 2 million people? Here is a clip of the crowd singing the National Anthem.

Not everybody can go to Washington though. That is why we are planning a local gathering at Beef O’Bradys on Gillionville Road next to Darton College. Glenn Beck will be covering the March on Washington live from 1-3pm. I’ve reserved the room at Beef O’Bradys starting at 12:30pm. I have even made a Facebook event page for this gathering.

If you cannot be in Washington DC, you will not want to miss this opportunity to watch Glenn Beck’s coverage with a few of your closest friends! Our own Donna Driskell promises that she will call live from the march so we can hear what she is experiencing at our nation’s Capitol.

A few of the readers of SWGAPolitics have been with me since Glenn Beck hosted his “WE Surround Them–9/12 Project.” We held that initial gathering at Beef O’Bradys. Beck wanted us to reunite in six months to talk about what we have done since March. Many of you know of my incredible journey that I have been on since that meeting. I would love to hear yours! Please make plans to join us.

Also remember our 9/11 prayer gathering tomorrow at noon at the field of flags at the Albany Mall. Things have really started to come together. I have prepared my first “mini sermon,” but I also have area preachers there to help me deliver the message.

There is a lot going on. Please help me to spread the word!