{"id":20765,"date":"2010-10-07T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T18:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20765"},"modified":"2010-10-07T15:08:32","modified_gmt":"2010-10-07T19:08:32","slug":"westboro-meets-free-republics-dc-chapter-at-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20765","title":{"rendered":"Westboro meets Free Republic&#8217;s DC Chapter at Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Free Republic&#8217;s DC Chapter is the most stalwart and persistent group on the planet. Aside from all of the other events they protest and counter-protest, they stand watch at the main gate of Walter Reed every Friday night &#8211; every Friday for the last six years (I think) through all kinds of weather.<\/p>\n<p>The day before their appearance at the Supreme Court yesterday Fred Phelp&#8217;s Westboro &#8220;Baptist&#8221; Church showed up at Arlington and TroopRally and his crowd were there.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (14) by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/5059955059\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4130\/5059955059_56a3168915.jpg\" alt=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (14)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I recognize my old friends from the days in DC.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (12) by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/5059955123\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4084\/5059955123_9daf6a7345.jpg\" alt=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (12)\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (13) by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/5060567854\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4091\/5060567854_e033e3e9d7.jpg\" alt=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (13)\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (17) by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/5059940081\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4085\/5059940081_c01dbd697e.jpg\" alt=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (17)\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (20) by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/5060552690\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4125\/5060552690_9bba2dd81d.jpg\" alt=\"Wastboro Baptist Church at Arlington National Cemetery 2010-10-05 (20)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These photos were all taken by our friend, Smorgasbord, who was kind enough to not only make the trek to Arlington from Philadelphia and stand with the Free Republic DC Chapter for us, but he sent us these pictures as well. That&#8217;s him with the PVC Pipe Sign on his head. Thanks, buddy. I guess Smorg was rewarded by bumping (figuratively speaking) into actor Danny Devito on his way home.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve loaded all of Smorgasbord&#8217;s pictures to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thisainthell\/sets\/72157625115467368\/with\/5059940221\/\">Flickr Photostream<\/a> if you want to see them all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Free Republic&#8217;s DC Chapter is the most stalwart and persistent group on the planet. 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