The mainstream media ignored the story so the International Business Times gets the scoop:
The President’s Day event, dubbed “Ron Paul is the Choice of the Troops,” brought veterans and troops from all over the country together in the nation’s capital, where they marched from the Washington Monument to the White House in order to protest President Barack Obama‘s foreign policy and to rally for their chosen presidential candidate, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).
About 500 marchers–veterans, active duty troops and their family members–participated in the fully-permitted event, and hundreds more onlookers showed their support without actually marching.
After rallying the afternoon of Feb. 20 on the National Mall, the marchers made their way to PennsylvaniaAvenue and the White House, where they stood in a moment of silence, as family members of fallen warriors held their hands on an American flag. They remained silent for one second for each service member that has died in conflict since Obama’s inauguration.
The success of the march could be determined by reading the comments on the Veterans for Ron Paul 2012 Facebook page on Tuesday, where many Ron Paul supporters had come forward to relay their reflections on having participating in the event, and to post messages of gratitude and solidarity with those who participated.
Pamela Leffingwell LaBrake, a Ron Paul 2012 supporter from Schenectady, N.Y., couldn’t be in Washington, D.C., for the event, but she watched along online and said she was moved nonetheless:
“Watched the live stream yesterday and I don’t think there could be a dry eye watching, just amazing,” she wrote on the group’s Facebook wall.
What’s next? The Veterans for Ron Paul plan to march on the Republican National Convention.
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