PHOTOS - Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg Rally & Protest Pics Thread

[Hissyspit]

Fayetteville, North Carolina - 18 MARCH 2006

This in today's Fayetteville Observer (sorry, no link that I can find):

Iraqi questions freedom's price

By Paul Woolverton, Staff Writer

Rashad Zidan of Baghdad, Iraq, came to Fayetteville on Friday to say that the United States needs to leave her country.

"We have no electricity, no security, no water, no education, no medical care," she said. "So what's the freedom of the democracy the United States (has) given to us?"

Iraq War II Vet & Black Umbrellas




March Arrival




"Reconstructing Liberty" Art/Float




Tusk! (Drum Circle)




Peace With Justice




Bushirt




Young Attendees




Curry




Stay Out of Iran




Umbrellas




One Side of the Road...




...and the Other (Freepers yelling "Yellow-Bellied something or other, I couldn't make it out. Yellow-Bellied? Why aren't they in Iraq?)




Anti-War Marcher With Flag




Black Umbrella




Girl

Bowens43 has some description of the event here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x695638

[babylonsister]

1. Hissyspit, thank you!

You all rock! :yourock: :yourock:

[Hissyspit]

5. I got a much nicer camera!

6.2 megapixels, among other improvements. Can you tell? :7

And used photobucket this time instead of my ISP space.

[helderheid]

2. K & R - thanks!!

[Cha]

3. Thank you, Hissyspit!

Truly Amazing photos. I'm so encouraged by the people who seem to be getting it all over the Country. :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

Those Black Umbrellas are riveting and compelling symbols for our fallen Soldiers.

[Hissyspit]

8. Thank you. I agree about the umbrellas

I started to tear up looking at them here again.

[Cha]

9. I definetly was

tearing up!

[Cleita]

13. That is inspired. So much less controversial than the crosses.

They could probably do combat boots or helmets as well.

[Hissyspit]

17. Rather Christo-inspired...

I would argue. The Umbrellas project, 1991:

[FogerRox]

4. nice- KNR

[TacticalPeek]

6. Oorah!

:patriot:

[lonestarnot]

7. exccccccelllent!

:toast: :thumbsup: :yourock:

[lectrobyte]

10. Pretty cool. I'm in Raleigh, I would have driven down had I known

ahead of time. Wonder if I'll se it on the local TV news tonight? Oh wait, I forgot, it's all March Madness, all month long right now.

[KoKo]

25. Thanks for the pix and the report! Raleigh N&O has two pix on their

Sunday front page and our local Channels showed footage. It got more coverage than last years Fayetteville Protest or ANY of the ones we've all been doing here in the Triangle. So, seems Bushies Polls down has made some difference!

[Hissyspit]

27. Which evidences how ridiculous our press has been...

Last years protest was BIGGER and those people were protesting when it was less POPULAR to do so, so in a way it was BIGGER NEWS.

[countingbluecars]

11. Great pictures.

Thanks for sharing.

[understandinglife]

12. Thank you!! Recommended.

Be The Bu$h Opposition - 24/7

[Cleita]

14. Thanks.

Your pictures were cool.

[EFerrari]

15. Great pix! The umbrellas are a good idea. I like the idea

of using an eveyday object to protest. There's a war on in Iraq every day, not just one day a year. :(

[bigwillq]

16. Great pics!

Thanks for sharing. :hi:

[Hissyspit]

18. kick for late-night crowd n/t

[SeattleGirl]

19. Hissyspit, thanks for the pictures!

Pleasant dreams!

:yourock:

[northofdenali]

20. The black umbrellas are so moving.

Thank you.

[obxhead]

21. wow, I didn't even know there was a gathering....

x(

[mogster]

22. Great pics!

Thank you! :-)

[young_at_heart]

23. Starting to feel good about living in North Carolina

With two ineffective Republican senators and numerous reps that just keep dismantling the state, maybe I can hope that things will change.

[IsIt1984Yet]

24. Thank you for sharing!! Added here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=699027&mesg_id=699027

[Hissyspit]

26. Bowens43 images from during actual march:

[Anita Garcia]

28. Great photos! Looks like a lot of people were there!

[Hissyspit]

29. Not as many as last year, but I think it got more coverage.

[Anita Garcia]

30. Loved the float!