I went to the rally this afternoon and then went out for dinner and watched Dreamcatcher.  Which is why I only got back a little while ago.

Despite the rain, the crowd that showed up was still enthusiastic.  Unfortunately, I was not really able to hear what was going on at the main rally (in front of the old courthouse).  However, at the same time there were a lot of people on the sidewalk facing the street with their signs.  The motorists were generally supportive, honking and waving flags.  The crowd would respond to this with cheers.

I spent about an hour and a half at the rally and I ran into the du Toits, but only got a second to speak to them as they were on their way home (the rain finally got to them).

I took 104 pictures which I will grovel through to create a gallery later.  For now, here are a few samples: (click on image for full-size, but beware that they are at their original size of 1760×1168; I will downsize them when creating the gallery)

The French were not too popular with this crowd:

And neither were the Dixie Chicks:

Bring me their heads on a platter:

There were a number of Iraqis who know what the situation really is:

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I found this one amusing:

Finally, the real drum(s) of war:

This lady gave one of the “peace” protestors a piece of her mind:

Speaking of which, the contingent of peaceniks was kind of puny:

In contrast, the pro-American people stretched the length of the block on the sidewalk and there was a large gathering in front of the old courthouse (in a way, it was like two rallies):