Link to my photos from DC

[SharonRB]

There are photos from the Archives, the Museum of the American Indian and the meetup at Hawk & Dove, as well as photos from the march. I didn't include captions, as I couldn't remember eveyone's names.

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/sharonrb2/album/576460762387346602

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Thanks Sharon!

Great pics!

[SharonRB]

4. You're welcome, Ronnie.

[CrispyQ]

2. The sign with the photo of bush & the text, Nobody Likes You,

cracks me up!!

Thanks for sharing these & for speaking out this weekend, Sharon! :thumbsup:

k&r

[SharonRB]

5. That was catnapper's sign -- short and to the point

We all loved it.

And it was my pleasure -- you're very welcome.

[spiderpig]

31. Ooooh, thanks!

I just got back from DC a couple of hours ago and had to review the forum for pix. Aren't we a handsome bunch (not the guy on the sign!)?

It was too much fun getting to see SharonRB & Co. up close and personal.

I'm about to download my camera and see if there's anything people might like to see.

[CrispyQ]

33. Can't wait to see your pix, too!

A most excellent sign! :thumbsup:

BTW, great screen name! And welcome to DU! :hi:

[countingbluecars]

3. Great photos!

Thanks for sharing.

[SharonRB]

7. You're welcome, CBC

[givemebackmycountry]

6. What great pics...

I am so glad that there wasn't any violence.
That no one got hurt or arrested.
That there was no tear gas, scenes of people being clubbed and dragged away.

This weekend, my country looked a little more like I remembered it.

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!

[SharonRB]

8. I was glad, too

We (me, livvy and WolverineDG) witnessed something that could have gotten nasty as we were walking back to our hotel after the march. There were some young people dancing in the street on Independence Ave. in front of the Botanical Gardens. The police wanted to open the street back up and they wouldn't move. You can see some of this in the photos -- they moved in with cops on bicycles, on motorcycles with sidecars, on horses, in cars, in K-9 unit cars and in unmarked SUVs. They also brought in a paddy wagon. These kids just wouldn't budge -- for no good reason. The cops were extremely restrained in their actions -- they came out in force, but didn't use any force. They finally opened up the street, I assume hoping that would get the kids to move, but some of them just sat down in the middle of the road at that point (I saw a Reuters photo of some guy from Columbus, OH being identified). That didn't last long, because we soon saw traffic moving through.

I think these kids just came to find a way to get arrested,but the police just wouldn't oblige them.

[teriyaki jones]

28. Not only was there no violence . . .

But imagine . . . a half million people, at least half of them carrying protest signs . . .

AND NOT ONE SINGLE PAPER CUT!!

I was there. It was awesome. Just started going through the photo gallery that has been put up by United For Peace and Justice

http://www.flickr.com/groups/44246010@N00/pool/

and it's so great, really captures the amazing spirit of the day.

tj

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Those are great Sharon!!

[SharonRB]

11. Thanks!

Great to see you again. Hope you had an uneventful trip home.

Did you guys ever get to Kelly's Saturday night? We didn't see anyone we knew except stonecoldsober, so we all left (including him). Wolverine and babylonsister were exhausted. Why I was still ready to party, being the oldest of our group, I don't know, but I'm really sorry that night didn't work out.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. No Wolverine called while we were eating dinner

and said you guys were leaving. So evl went out looking for beer and I went back to my room. I thought about going to the Code Pink party but I was too tired.

We went back to the hotel and collapsed for awhile after the march but we were still pretty pooped out. Saving our country is pretty hard work!!

[SharonRB]

16. Glad we didn't miss you, then

We went back to our room, watched a little news and crashed early. What a bunch of party poopers!

I was standing right there when she talked to you.

[BuyingThyme]

10. Thanks so much, SharonRB.

:hi:

[SharonRB]

12. You're welcome!

[Jeanette in FL]

13. Sharon, those are great pictures

Thanks for sharing them with us. Those shots of the Capitol are stunning. What a great time we had. I wish Saturday night didn't get screwed up. Next time.

[SharonRB]

17. Hi, Jeanette!

I so enjoyed meeting you and getting some time to get to know each other. Hopefully we'll get another chance to get together in the future (although it would be nice to not have the same reason to get together!).

[Jeanette in FL]

21. When we celebrate the Bush regime's resignation

That is what I am putting out to the Universe. Now that will be the best DU Meetup ever. Though, I do believe we will need more than a weekend to celebrate that, more like a week.

I loved talking with you during the march. Lots of laughs.

[maddezmom]

15. Thanks for sharing

Great shots :hi:

[SharonRB]

18. Thanks!

[GalleryGod]

19. As Always, a great photojournalistic effort ,by, you, Sharon!

That Michigan Delegation just can't be beat !
:bounce:

[SharonRB]

20. Hey, you -- Thanks!

We were talking about you Saturday. You and the Mrs. should have come to DC.

One of these days we really do have to meet up.


:hi:

[northofdenali]

22. I so envy everyone who could be there!

Thanks for the great pictures, Sharon! :hi:

[The Witch]

23. hey sharon-

can you make the 1600x1200 photos available for the Here in Spirit sign so ppl can see their names? you could send them to me (pm me for my email) if you can't make a zip file or otherwise upload them.

[SharonRB]

25. You can download them from my album, can't you?

[The Witch]

32. they don't show up any bigger than screensize - that's the way of these sites

they don't let you put up the super-hi-res photos. you'd have to put them up at a filesharing place. they should be over a meg each in size.

[SharonRB]

34. Oh - I'll put them in Photobucket and post them here, then

[The Witch]

37. photobucket will resize them. needs file storage, not image hosting.

pm me for more info

[SharonRB]

35. Here you go -- PM me your e-mail if you still want the original files

I don't know if anyone will really be able to read their names -- they're pretty small even with a big picture.

[sufnap]

24. Link to my Photos from DC

Thank you Sharon for organizing the get together at the Hawk and Dove. Paul and I enjoyed meeting everyone there, especially you and Pharaoh and Stone-Cold-Sober and Livvy. I read Marcy Wheelers book on the plane on the way home. Thanks for the pictures too.

[SharonRB]

26. You're welcome

Glad to see you're posting now!

I started Marcy's book on my flight, but I'm only up to page 40.

[MagickMuffin]

27. I fixed this one for you

hope you don't mind!

I liked all your pics they are wonderful and I enjoy looking at everyone's pics they posted to share with the rest of us.

I would appreciate it if I could use some of them in my comic blog. I only need your permission.:hi:

[SharonRB]

29. Thanks!

It looks much better. Feel free to use any you'd like to use.

[MagickMuffin]

30. I couldn't see what was there so decided to shine a little light the subject

If you have anymore that needs fixing let me know. Thanks for letting me use your pics.:hi:

[Alamom]

36. Thank you. Great Pix. n/t