OWB posted this elsewhere. OWB also has a better way with words than I and handled security for the event, while I handled communications.
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\nTen years ago this morning a group of patriots, mostly veterans, gathered in Washington DC to counter a disgusting assembly of lefty scum as they met at the Wall to recreate their 1967 march on the Pentagon. There are so many parts of that operation which are worthy of mention. But a few things continue to stand out in my mind.<\/p>\n
On both sides of the street were people of very different backgrounds who came together for a common cause. Only one group had folks they either paid or otherwise enticed to be there. Seeing the local area yellow buses unloading school children at the site was an eye opener.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most graphic demonstration of the difference between the two groups came when they were literally facing each other across Constitution Avenue with the US Park Service mounted police between them. The whining children were loudly chanting, \u201cWhat do we want?\u201d followed by a garbled response most of us never identified, then, \u201cWhen do we want it?\u201d followed by, \u201cNOW!\u201d Meanwhile the Veterans were waving flags while chanting, \u201cUSA, USA, USA.\u201d The children who can\u2019t articulate a clear message but they want what they want and they expect someone to provide it right now vs the adults who know what is needed and have already proved their willingness to work hard to make it happen.<\/p>\n
What a day. While A Gathering of Eagles wasn\u2019t solely responsible for the awakening of this country, we certainly were an important part of it. It took others also doing important things to get us finally to this point. But we who served in the military understand that it takes each of us doing our jobs to accomplish the mission.<\/p>\n
It was an honor to be a small part of the operation we called \u201cA Gathering of Eagles.\u201d Friends were made. Associations were cemented. But mostly, thousands of patriots were energized and given hope when they saw that many others shared their concerns.<\/p>\n
Ten years later we see the ripple effect of that energy being directed in positive ways. Thank you all.<\/p>\n
Jonn added:<\/strong> TAH was there, by the way<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"