Update on Monday 8/16/2010: News blurb from Time Warner News 14 Carolina.
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2nd Armed Restore The Constitution Rally held on August 14, 2010 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
This Patriot made a little trek on Saturday morning. I went from the ‘Triangle Area’ of North Carolina to the ‘Triad Area’ of North Carolina. The trip is only about 60 miles each way but it was necessary. Why you might ask? Well, HISTORY was taking place & you know Patriots and History.
The Event: The 2nd Armed Restore the Constitution Rally (the 1st ARTC rally was held just outside of our Nations Capital on April 19, 2010. I couldn’t make that one.)
The Location: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, NC. This was the site of a Revolutionary War Battle.
Here’s the sites website:
http://www.nps.gov/guco/index.htm
Here’s the Video of the Opening Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, & the National Anthem. Note to all the Hip-Hop, Rock-N-Roll, & Country Music celebs; Take notes from Julie! This is HOW the National Anthem MUST be sung. NO individual interpretation. Strictly how F. S. Key & J.S. Smith wrote it. Great job Julie!
Bubba’s speech.
Bill Randall’s Speech
I had posted this event earlier too. We had, according to the National Park Service folks, between 300 – 400 attendees throughout the afternoon. Pretty neat I thought. To have that many ARMED Citizens, in one location, with roughly 50 Law Enforcement BOTG-“Boots On The Ground”- keeping an eye on things. That’s not to mention the satellite surveillance either.
More to follow as our ‘VP’s (Video Patriots) get the 1’s & 0’s uploaded. For you NON- Technical folks, all DIGITAL media is binary, meaning it’s really just a bunch of ONE’s or ZERO’s.
Here’s a few other random pics from the event. Click on the pics for a larger image.
Respectfully submitted by SilenceDogood2010 this Fifteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord, Two Thousand Ten.
Excellent Event!
I got there a little late but stayed to the end including the after-the-party Golden Corral lecture.
My estimate was about 350 in attendance but I didn’t count individuals.
It was great to meet some friends there. It took a little doing but we recognized each other from FB or other places like gun shows and competitions and classes.
As Randy promised there were plenty of Park Rangers on hand (the first one I ran into looked like Rambo he had so much web gear on while the supervisor who hung in the background had none) but all the Rangers were helpful, professional and informative – even warm on occasion .
The police seemed afraid of us. They seemed to just be talking amongst themselves and look menacingly at any one who looked at them. They must get trained that way. We gun owners have some re-educating to do with the GBO PD.
The speaker line-up was excellent. There was not one who didn’t deserve a standing ovation. They were all informative – even the politicans – which is saying something.
Randy Dye and his staff did a great job of organizing the event. It went off almost exactly as advertised. It started within about 10 minutes of 1 PM and finished just a few minutes late. The speakers kept very close to their alotted times, and the facility was per the specs.
I was told by one Ranger that per the event permit I couldn’t bring in my sign because per NC law demonstrators were not allowed to be armed so I hid the sign in the woods and picked it up later rather than walk all the way back to my car. I didn’t realize that NC law trumps federal law in National Parks?! Maybe there’s hope for states’ rights after all.
I missed a discussion of the gun rights (RKBA) legislative situation. I know that Deborah Ross has kept GRNC’s Castle Doctrine bill tied up in the House Judiciary Committee and Hugh Holliman, her political ‘boss’, is giving her cover but what about eliminating ‘Sheriffs Papers’, Restaurant Carry, Constitutional Carry, etc.
The organizations that had tables there made a very professional presentation and had literature to back up their verbal presentations.
Randy Dye and company earned their creds with me and I look forward to attending their next event.
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