Jeremy, Mike, Jody, Tricia, John, Elizabeth

The babies, the children, the handicapped and others take refuge under the wings of the peace birds leading us

Children dance and play beneath the Peace Bird's Wings

The sky was gray and the overcast cooled us down

That's Tricia with her sign waiting for me. I'm taking my first sit down break on a curb, hence my perspective

Jeremy's borrowed bag, notable and easy to follow in the crowd. Peace flag.

For Cincinnatians seeing these pics, you may recognize Dottie Weil, wife of former Hamilton Cty Dem Chair, Sid Weil. We met other friends along the way as well.

Mike in the foreground. We paused at the Renwick museum as Tricia went back to find John whom we'd lost.

This was a great scene: this girl was cheering and shouting to another "arm" of the march which you can see down the street.

So thick was the crowd we could hardly move and I've learned that people were still BEGINNING the march at 3:30. We started lining up at 11:00 and began to move about 1:30.

She still cheering an clapping.

Same girl on left, zoomed in so you can see the density

Face off

Police were actually great, very professional. And we were too, no bad stuff from our demonstration

This poster and the blue shirt message say it all!

Late in the afternoon. Tricia and John peeled off as did Vern and Elizabeth somewhere near here. Others were returning to the mall without getting all the way to the Capitol to hear speeches and/or the concert

Rest stop

Joan Baez

Man and monument marker

Jeremy and Mike and I were still together at this point

Lots of young people here, that includes us!

Many cameras and perspectives

Joan Baez, big screen, so deja vu, having done this in the sixties

Big screen showing us ourselves

More and more of us

And more

Mike never sits down

Great couple

One of the march organizers

Like a wave, the people began to go to ground

Congresswoman, can't remember her name

Peace flag

Congresswoman Barbara Lee from CA

Barbara Lee, she was great! I think she was the only Congressional Rep to vote against the war originally

Real shot of her

Weary but engaged folks

Congressman from southwest, Arizona I think

Yes, my feet from my lowdown perspective. Thank you feet.

More feet

And some were dancing!

Dynamite AFAM singer closed it out for us. Mke and Jeremy and I headed back to rendezvous with Jean and Valley and Hadi and Tom and Debbie at Camp Casey.

And amazingly, we all found each other at the conclusion of an amazing day.

A really diverse gathering

Jean and I meandering, starting at the original Smithsonian, the "Castle" gardens

Do you recognize this great building?

Following our feet leads us to a secluded garden where even tender plants don't freeze in winter

Cosmos. They are blooming in my garden too

Exotica! Never seen such a thing

Jean at National Gallery courtyard

Reflection of friends

Hadi, Jeremy, Jean, Valley after Jeremy's birthday lunch at Native American Museum

Jeremy and Valley, wind in grasses and hair

Hadi

The grounds and stream and water lilies beside the Native American Museum

Looking towards the Capitol from Native American Museum

Sacred circle with cross filled with shells

Native American Museum

The shells

Looking up the Mall toward the Washington Monumment

Burnished metal, undulating wall and Indian totem

Inside the Museum

Native American Museum across from the Botanic Gardens. Captiol

Jeremy at the "steps" of the Capitol. Realizing his actual dream from 2002 of boarding a peace train which arrived at the steps of the Capitol with many, many people singing and waving banners of peace.



See you along the way!