9/12 March on DC – Information for North Carolinians Updated on Sep. 3, 2009
If you want to caravan with others into DC on Thursday, meet up with other N. Carolinians at the rest stop on I-95, just north of the Virginia border around 10:00 am. Everyone is free to join us there, but shoot me an email, so we can watch for you, if that is your plan.
The plan for Saturday, as of today (9/3)
8:00am Set up for stages and volunteers; crowd gathers at Freedom Plaza
Location: 1350 Pennsylvania Ave NW. It runs between 13th and 14th streets. We plan to be near the fountain, (near 14th street side) with NC flags in the air, above the crowd, by 8:00. There will be music and speakers while we wait for the crowd to gather.
If you are leading a group, contact TMedlin through ResistNet, with your mobile phone number included, number of people who will be with you, and I’ll send you my phone number to try to direct you to where we are that morning. But our goal is to be there early enough to stake out the spot by the fountain.
There’s no way for everyone to gather in the Plaza. If you can’t get close to the fountain we have a secondary meeting place, which would be the next block down, at Pershing Park, corner of 15th St. and Pennsylvania. PLEASE, if you bring a NC flag, raise it high so people can find you. We may not be able to march in a single group from NC, but don’t be dismayed. If it appears that we have 4 or 5 “regiments”, it will be something to celebrate, because it means we have a huge turnout! We will have more room at the Capitol and will surely be able to get together there. Keep the NC flags held high!
We may have so many show up, that the organizers decide to send us down secondary routes. If I find that out before Thursday morning, I’ll post the info here.
11:30am March on the Capitol Begins down Pennsylvania Ave. (
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(handicap persons in wheelchairs can be pushed, or have a designated area at the Capitol Lawn)
1:00pm March ends and Protest Rally Begins at West Front of the U.S. Capitol Lawn
Some things you might want to take:
flags (NC, US, Gadsden, 2nd Revolution, Gathering of Eagles, Navy Jack, Culpepper, Gathering of Eagles, your military service flags)
Signs, Banners and Placards:
Signs, banners, and placards are permitted as a part of a permitted activity. All supports for these items must not exceed three quarters (¾) of an inch at their largest point, have dull ends, and made entirely of wood. There can be no nails, screws, or bolt-type fastening devices protruding from the wooden supports. These items may not be used to offer any item for sale, to solicit contributions or contain any form of advertising. Any display of signs, banners, placards, and related items is strictly prohibited inside all Capitol Buildings.
METAL FLAG POLES AND BANNER HOLDERS ARE FORBIDDEN
- noisemakers (air-horns, bull-horns, whistles, etc.)
- money/room card/ID inside your clothes against your skin If you are a woman do not carry a handbag.
- cell phone, and a list the numbers of those your party in case you get separated along with the number of the hotel where you are staying.
- personal or business cards – great opportunity for networking
- pen and paper (you always seem to need it)
- A map with the route back to your hotel.
- Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat
- 2 bottles of water
- Some fruit, bananas, or apples
- A sandwich
- 2 energy bars per person
- Some nuts (not including your traveling companions!), walnuts, peanuts or almonds
- tissues (in case you get weepy or for the porta johns)
- Packages of moist towelettes
- Hand Sanitizer
- camera (still and/or video) Be prepared at all times to use video cameras, in case anyone attempts to start trouble and make us look bad, be ready to record!
- Extra batteries
- A small first aid kit
- A collapsible umbrella
- A small blanket or towel to sit on
- A light rainproof jacket or sweater or small umbrella.
- Whatever medications you may need to take during those 8 hours.
- A trash bag to totally police your area at the end of the day remember, this is our property, and we need to leave it as beautiful as we found it.
- If you are unable to sit on the ground or stand for long period of time one of those chairs that folds up, which may or may not be a problem as metal poles are not allowed.
There will not be any vendors, food, or water for sale on the grounds as it is against Capitol policy. So it is imperative that you bring what you need.
