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On The Wings Of Eagles……
March 17, 2007
Today is a special day…… Not only is today Saint Patrick’s Day, but it’s also the day that Eagles soar into Washington D.C. The Gathering Of Eagles gathers near the Vietnam Memorial today to stage a Pro-Troop rally and a vigil to guard the memorials dedicated to Fallen Warriors against anti-war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan and Jane Fonda, among others. They are there to protest not only the Global War On Terror, but by doing so, protest the mission that our Brave Warriors serving in our Nation’s Armed Forces are dedicated to winning. Some of the groups that have joined with these two, have made indication that they might attempt to deface the Vietnam Wall. Eagles from all over the United States and even other countries had joined the cause to protect our sacred war memorials, honoring our Heroes who paid the Ultimate Sacrifice for this Country.
The Eagles are a special group of men and women. Many of them Veterans of the Vietnam War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, many are currently serving and many are there because they Love and Support our Troops. Each of them is a Warrior in their own way…. Warriors who by their presence pay loving tribute to our Fallen Warriors. Warriors who are standing up and saying “Never again will we allow you to desecrate our sacred Memorials. Never again, will your protests go unanswered. Never again, will we allow you to defame the Names and Memories of our Fallen Bretheren, who layed down their lives, so that you might have the Freedoms you take advantage of with your protests.”
Though I can’t be in Washington DC today, I’m with the Eagles in my heart and standing there beside them in spirit. I salute each and every one of the Eagles.
[UPDATE] 7:20 PM: If you’ve watched the media coverage of this event today, they really downplayed the Eagles attendance and instead focused on the Anti-War protestors, making it sound as if the Eagles were gravely outnumbered. From the pictures I’m seeing, that’s NOT the case at all. Michelle Malkin attended The Gathering Of Eagles today and has this to report:
Blogburst: Gathering of Eagles
By Michelle Malkin · March 17, 2007 05:35 PM
It was a breath-taking, historic, and emotional day in Washington, D.C. You won’t know it if you tune in to the usual MSM channels. But new media–bloggers, conservative documentarians, Internet activists, FReepers, citizen journalists, photojournalists, and talk radio hosts–turned out in full force to participate and cover the Gathering of Eagles counter-protest. Thousands upon thousands turned out despite freezing temperatures and hairy travel conditions. We met bikers who drove up all night from Huntsville, Alabama; a retired NYC firefighter who arrived here at 2am; college students who traveled from Massachusetts; a Vietnam veteran’s wife who bought plane tickets at the last minute from San Francisco; and countless participants who arrived as part of Move America Forward’s cross-country caravan.A pure, grass-roots effort, the Gathering of Eagles’ volunteers matched the massive Soros-funded anti-war machine sign for sign, chant for chant, and marcher for marcher. The contrast was most stark right before the entrance to the Memorial Bridge, where Eagles gathered with a field of American flags–while anti-Bush, 9/11 conspiracy nuts wrapped themselves in a figurative blanket of yellow “Out of Iraq” placards. Several of the vets shouted, “Yellow! How appropriate!” in between spirited chants of “U.S.A! U.S.A!” While the classless Cindy Sheehan ranted profanely, the Eagles raised their voices in polite, but roaring disapproval and raised their American flags in answer to the ANSWER socialists’ Che banners and peace pennants.
Why did the Eagles come? One common refrain: Vietnam veterans, some fighting back tears, told us they came to show the kind of support for the troops that they did not receive when the surrender lobby marched on the Pentagon 40 years ago today.
Mission accomplished.
Meantime, the battle for victory against global jihad continues. God bless our troops on the front lines.
E-mail or track back if you were there for a GoE blogburst.
We’ll have a full video report on Hot Air Monday and more coverage to come. Here are a few photos I snapped with frozen fingers. I’ll upload the rest to the Hot Air Flickr page later tonight:
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“Though I can’t be in Washington DC today, I’m with the Eagles in my heart and standing there beside them in spirit. I salute each and every one of the Eagles.”
Ditto - I stand with you, and our Eagles!
Soar Eagles SOAR!!
Yeah Terri, I have been waiting for this one. On my profile on MySpace, I posted about this not so far back. Anyway, let’s see how this goes, and I pray to God this doesn’t turn violent. We need to have mor people speaking against protesters, no doubt. Since it is truly patriotic to dissent. I don’t doubt one bit in my mind that the people going to Washington D.C. have a right to protest and they are patriots for doing so, but I think their stances are wrong and moralley vacuous. So I am behind these folks in the Gathering Of Eagles all the way.
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I was there. I drove in from Chicago the night before.
My guess is that we out did them. The punks rallied in one place. Their pig pen.
The Eagles were spread between our rally point, the Wall, across the road from the punks, and several other war memorials. Rolling Thunder had a strong showing.
I am aware of one incident. One of the punks was dragging an American flag as he walked toward the Memorial Bridge. The Eagles took it away from him with just a small confrontation. The flag is now in good hands.
I am proud of the men and women who stood the line with me.
Thanks for stopping by Bob and sharing with us. Sure wish I could have been there, but I was there with you all in spirit! I’m proud of ALL the Eagles who stood up to them! God Bless each and every one of you!
Bob,
I wish I could have been there. Trust me I was there in spirit. I am incredibly thrilled by the turn out, and the amazing job all of you did out there today.
Is this BOB the same as Bob the Liberal? Just curious because he used to blog at the ASP forum and I was wondering what happened to him?
Terri or Anthony, did this protest go by without any conflict or violence? I hope it went by safely and our Eagles landed back home(or nests???) safely to their families and everything. I remember reading about this on ASP and some of the Military Active Vets wo were setting this up said that it might get ugly with bloodshed!
From what I’ve read Ryan it went peacefully. Bob shared about one minor skirmish, but it sounds like it was resolved fairly quickly and painlessly.
I am glad it did. I also hope that the Eagles countered the protesters successfully and none of the memorials went to defacation like the steps did. That was truly awful!
I think the Memorials were all protected and avoided any desecration.
I’ve been scrubbing the web all day for all the info I could find on GOE. As far as I’ve read, the biggest thing that happened was GOE members and ANSWER members shouting back and forth across the street. And also, Bob’s incident as well.