Da Goddess

Victory Vigil III

Today's Victory Vigil at 10th and "A" went quite well. Over two dozen of freedom-loving patriots attended our rally. The other side had only 4 or 5 people for the majority of the afternoon.

I ended up being interviewed by KSWB today.

On camera, I said something about us being out there, showing support for our troops who are fighting to keep us free.

The camera cut away to show Protest Warriors lining the street with our flags and signs. The voice over, briefly, was me saying, "freedom is a pretty tenuous thing. It hangs by a string."

I can't believe that came out of my mouth. I didn't hear that part of it as I watched...the phone was ringing. I did see the shots of our group, though. We looked great! Flags and signs raised proudly. Smash told me about it later.

We had a wonderful response from the people in their cars. Honking, waving, cheers, and thumbs up signs. We handed out small flags to those waiting for the light to change.

I'd walk up to a car, hand someone a flag, and tell them to have a safe 4th of July. They'd smile and thank me - for the flag and for being there.

One woman cried. "My son-in-law is over there. Thank you for doing this. Thank you for showing your support and your pride."

"Please let your son-in-law know that we're grateful for what he's doing!" I replied. "Be safe this weekend!"

"God bless you!" she said, and she waved her flag as they pulled forward through the intersection.

I handed a flag to one man with a spike through his lower lip. His female companion was driving, two little children were in the back of the vehicle.

"You rock! Thank you!" He was practically gushing. "Where'd you get these flags?"

"WalMart. They weren't that expensive...."

"I have about 2,000 flags and decals at home. Would you like them? Can I donate them to you? I love what you're doing!"

He gave me his card, which I passed along to Smash.

Future Vigils will see more flags and flag decals being distributed to passersby. Spreading our highly overt message of American Pride and Support.

We outnumbered the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice - by a wide margin. We had families with kids as young as three there. We had retired military. We had guests from L.A., too.

It truly was a thing of beauty.

And Mr. Policy - you rocked! (As always - especially on KNSD's broadcast!)

His wrap up of the day can be found here.

And someone could have joined us for pre-holiday festivities...I think he'd have fit in nicely - especially after reading this post.

Posted by DaGoddess at July 3, 2004 11:44 PM