At last, an account of January 27, 2007

Sorry for the delay in reporting on the January 27 vigil. Here is the higher estimate of how many people took part: a total of three dozen over the day, with about as many as thirty out at once. Most other people who estimated said "about twenty-five to thirty." People participating ranged in age from those who have been doing this since the war in Vietnam to a baby for peace. Participants included Fred Muir, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, and Samuel E. Shropshire, Annapolis alderperson from Ward 7.

Our local low-power FM radio station, WRYR-LP 97.5 FM, covered the day's events extensively. The coverage included telephone interviews on the air with various people on the bridge as well as at the main event in DC.



A photographer and a reporter from the Capital came out at the announced starting time. Still looking for a link to the photo that ran Sunday, January 28. The article ran Monday, January 29.

Where it is difficult to read the sign in one of the pictures here, try clicking on the picture. This should show you a larger version of it. With any luck, you'll be able to make out the text in the larger version. There were some lovely and lively signs out that day!

People who went into DC for the big event have given varying impressions of the size of the crowd. Although one account included a comparison to a football field and an estimate that the crowd was very much larger than those at other events protesting this war, most felt it was no record-breaker. No descriptions of traffic, crowding on mass transportation, or head counts at carpooling locations suggest a record high number of people marched that day. So let's keep working on it.