A Patriot's Report for the Restoring Honor Rally

Good morning all:

I joined 49 others of the local Tea Party organization, "Patriots 28560" for the 8 hour bus trip to Glenn Beck's rally on the mall in Washington. The crowd was spectacular and was the largest assembly I have ever seen. They were literally packed from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. The estimates I have heard vary form 300,000 to 500,000. We were told that 50 busses were from eastern NC (Raleigh to the coast).

CLICK HERE for full report on our Restoring Honor Photos page.

Bus Has Arrived at RFK Stadium

They made great time, voted to pass on the breakfast stop since everyone had brought a breakfast as well as sack lunch. My sister has been texting and calling me with updates. And it's a good thing they decided to get in as early as possible because one of the DC Metro lines that serves RFK Stadium to the Mall area is down for scheduled maintenance. The Blue line is down with two trains sharing the same track and massive delays.

So... there are hundreds in their group, walking down C Street to Pennsylvania Avenue (not the best of areas, but safety in numbers and there are police along the way) then to the Mall. They should be safely on Pennsylvania Avenue by now and those who need to, will take a break at the Capitol building before heading towards the Lincoln Memorial.

At risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist -- why scheduled maintenance today? Why are the elevators at Union Station listed as out-of-service for replacement? Why was this not posted earlier? I've been tracking the Metro status with a Droid app for weeks. Wonder what they have in store for us 912?

Headed to Restoring Honor Rally but No Live Blogging

Our group got underway at exactly 12:14 a.m. this morning. We got to the parking area at 11:30 and all but two families were already there! Meeting time was 11:30 - to midnight, so we had a very, very motivated group. Everyone as kind and thoughtful in person as they've been in our emails and phone calls.

But... I am sick with a sinus infection, fever and blood pressure is sky high. Saw my doctor today who said "No" to me going at least two dozen times. Which was about 18 more than his "No's" for me going to 912 last year. I'll admit that I was still planning to go, but felt absolutely awful come 11 p.m. with blood pressure still very high. That was the determining factor and with my sister ready to take over bus captain duties, I actually exercised good judgement and did not go. But just to make certain, Jason made me leave my pack and water at the house. He knew when I met everyone and saw the bus, that I'd change my mind and go. He was right, as usual.

So we got everyone checked in, went over what to expect, asked for questions (there were none, this group is fantastic!), offered a short prayer and everyone boarded and were underway on time. Photos below. Will update throughout the morning. Disappointment at not being with our group at the Rally is palpable. But there in spirit, like everyone reading this blog Saturday--

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Belhaven Bus Seats Available. Only $56. Click here for details.

ACTION ALERT -- AFP Defending the Dream Summit AND Glenn Beck's RESTORING HONOR RALLY

Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit
August 27-28 INCLUDES Glenn Beck Restoring Honor Rally
Buses departing from many points in NC

Click here for details and registration. This will fill up FAST. Register as soon as possible.

Package includes: bus transportation, one night hotel stay, registration for the Summit, Tribute to Ronald Reagan Dinner Friday evening, breakfast Saturday, AND transportation to-and-from the Restoring Honor Rally. Only $229 double occupancy ($229 per person, two to a room) and $299 single occupancy.

If you are going solo, you can elect double occupancy and you'll be paired with someone of the same gender and take advantage of the lower rate. You may also register with up to four people per room with the third and fourth person paying $179 each. Please use the email link on the AFP BPackages page to take advantage of this third or fourth person occupancy rate.

We are registered and signed up for the Goldsboro bus.

If we can get enough people registered, we can arrange to have a bus leave out of New Bern. If not, then many Patriots 28560 members have vans and mini-vans and we can load up and carpool to Goldsboro.

I attended the Defending the Dream Summit last year, click here for description and photos, and the training is FANTASTIC. Add in the Restoring Honor Rally with Sarah Palin as speaker and it does not get any better. Except for the second 912 March on the Capitol!

Click here for details and registration. This will fill up FAST. Register as soon as possible.

Then please email and let us know you're registered and we'll work on getting a New Bern bus to save us all the drive to Goldsboro.

Update: For those who choose their own transportation and accomodations.

You can attend the summit events even if you don't choose the bus option. Click here for early registration for the summit, without the bus transportation and hotel accomodations.

The cost is $79 if you register early and that will increase after the early registration deadline (not published at this time). The $79 includes the grassroots training, summit brief, Reagan dinner, Saturday breakfast. You should be able to use the shuttles to the Restoring Honor event; the subway is very close and that's always an option if the shuttles are backed up

Click here for the Summit agenda, to determine timelines.

Please let us know if you're attending, even if not riding the buses, and we can rally at the hotel, then commute as a group to the Restoring Honor Rally. North Carolina always has the largest group of activists at any Americans for Prosperity event and this is the annual summit for AFP, a national-level meeting.

Let's make an impact as Eastern North Carolina Patriot-Activists, at the summit, at the Restoring Honor Rally, and with the information and communication methods we implement after the grassroots training!

WW II Veteran's Juggernaut Campaign to STOP the Health Care Takeover

Bert Burnette, Oriental, NC has proven and perfected the Juggernaut Campaign, first implemented for the 912 March on the Capitol. Read a complete overview of Bert's 912 success as reported by the County Compass.

Now we can help Bert STOP the politicians' unprecedented attempt to usurp power and circumvent the will of We the People in their health care takeover attempt.

It's simple. Inexpensive. And extremely effective because it is so VISUAL. Almost as good as seeing 1.5 million people surrounding the United States Capitol.

SEND AN EMPTY MILK JUG (or water jug) TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.

You can send this to DC and to your representative's local offices. For North Carolinians -- you can download and print a PDF file from NC Freedom with Senator Kay Hagan's address HERE. Other representatives / states, click here for an already-formatted list (mailing labels) for EVERY House member. Senate address list available HERE.



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