March On The Pentagon

WASHINGTON -- March 21, 2009. It was at the Pentagon that three thousand plus anti-war demonstrators met up with their pro-war counterparts -- all thirty of them.

On Saturday, thousands of anti-war protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to hear speeches and greet one another. By midday, the second day of Spring, they were marching across the Arlington Memorial Bridge, en route to the Pentagon. As the long column turned left to enter the Pentagon parking area they passed a counter-demonstration composed of thirty middleaged demonstrators holding signs that said "love it or leave it" and "you never marched against terrorists". The protesters were unimpressed and continued on to Crystal City where they demonstrated outside the offices of several war profiteers while police looked on.

Heard along the march route, protesters chanting, "Hey Obama, yes we can - troops out of Afghanistan..."

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