Revisiting Quincy, IL and the Successful 912 Tea Party Event

On September 12, 2009 I attended the Quincy, IL 9-12 Tea Party event which was a successful and well organized event with a number of quality speakers and patriots in attendance. Due to the large number of news events this past week, I was unable to find time to get this posted until now.

The morning began in Des Moines, IA where a number of people decided to meet up at a local grocery store chain deli for breakfast. The group had just placed their orders and were not there for more than 15 minutes when a number of people had already stopped by our group to find out where the local events were for the day. We had to tell them that there were no local events due to the Iowa and Iowa State game taking place. Our group did proceed to tell them about the various events going on and that our particular group was heading for the Quincy, IL 9-12 event.

There was one gentleman, who appeared to be a professional, that stood out from the rest. He spent some time talking to the group and shortly before departing, he told us that we might think this is funny but he is a registered Democrat and that he would love to see a Sarah Palin – Liz Cheney ticket in 2012. As we were all entertained by his comment, group members reminded him that the who 912 Project and Tea Party was not at all about any one party. It is about the level of corruption by politicians of both parties. If you are a liberal reading this, I can make my point that both parties are really one in the same by pointing you to OpenSecrets.org and asking you to pay particular attention to the large expenditures (maybe donations) made to the Republicans and the NRA by one certain candidate.

The group finished breakfast and began our three and a half hour journey to the Quincy 912 Tea Party event with our windows decorated and flags a flying. The journey took us across Interstate 80 in Iowa and the Hwy 218. Most of the excitement happened as we traveled across I-80 with many people honking, waving, and holding a thumbs up. There were even several semi drivers who layed on the air horns to show their support. We only had a couple of negative events as we traveled and each of them showed the level of emotionally driven aggression that we have come to expect by our opposition.

Upon arriving at the event, we were greeted by friendly volunteers using golf carts to transport people from the parking areas to Central Park, where the event was being held. We had arrived about an hour before the event was scheduled to begin which allowed me to go around and meet a number of people and take pictures of their handmade signs (not to be confused with the professionally printed and paid for signs of SEIU and ACORN paid volunteers).

Below you will find some of the pictures I took at the event. Click on any image to view larger version.

There will be more photos coming throughout the week.

Other stories of interest:

1. The Des Moines Tax Day Tea Party Live Webcast
2. Tea Party Groups and 912 Groups Vetting Candidates in Hob Nobs
3. The New Year, 2010, Will Be “The Year of the Patriot”
4. Michelle Malkin – Tea Party Event Speaker at Little Rock, Arkansas
5. Today is the Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party