One Nation Rally -- 2nd batch

The unemployment situation was a major emphasis

Auto workers

Huge numbers of green shirts: the American Federation of State, County and Municiple Employees

Many hawkers, few buyers

Kevin gives a tutorial


Some lugged chairs with them


The good old Washington Monument


Gilded lamps on the Mellon Auditorium
on Constitution Avenue

The Trumpeter

You could hear him playing as you came up the escalator at the Federal Triangle Metro station. The music (perhaps Vivaldi) reverberated through the huge spaces of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. He was there when we arrived and he was still there playing when we left.

(More pictures tomorrow)