March on Washington 2009: How Many Were There?

It's tough to tell, but it's more than the 70,000 that some anonymous source in the fire department allegedly told ABC News (how many "estimates" did ABC get?...did they take the lowest one somebody was anonymously willing to give them? Was that one estimate biased?). The organizers should have put more effort in photographing the march to get accurate sizing estimates, but oh well...next time.

Here is an authentic photograph of the protest. Take a look at this...then take a look at the diagram from here to get an idea of the size...it looks to me that there was easily six figures at the March on Washington. Note that there were more people who actually marched but did not stay for the speeches. Zoom in on it...can you see Paul? He's wearing a white Wilson T-Shirt (no, not Joe Wilson).

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The crowd at some point after the march started...

...photo was taken from Capital Building...

...sometime after the march finished and speeches were given...

March on Washington 2009: Meetup of Friends

Paul had a great time at the 2009 March on Washington. One of the highlights was getting to see his brother David, sister-in-law Jacci, cousin Pete, college colleague Dave, Dave's wife Jacque, and his son Max. (Yes we had two "Daves" and two "Jackies"...with slightly different spelling)

An added plus was meeting up with co-worker Chris who Paul only knew over the phone and by email. Chris brought along a co-worker friend of his named Sean. Sean, Pete, Paul, and Chris all work for the same company...the four went for a walk to the Washington Monument then the White House...

Co-workers and co-marchers...

Sean, Pete, Paul, & Chris...

representing Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Minnesota