Photo Gallery: Tens of Thousands Right-Wing Activists March on Washington

This morning, the crowds began to gather at Washington, D.C.'s Freedom Plaza, then marched to the Capitol. As AlterNet reported, the coalition that makes up the Tea Party/912 movement often invokes the imagery of the American Revolution, especially the individual militias who fought with the Continental Army.

When I left my apartment this morning, I ran across this couple readying their flags for the march. The Culpeper Minute Men was a Revolutionary War militia in Virginia. When asked, the man said that there is no Culpeper militia today.



Here's the Culpeper flag in action at the march.



The march moves up Pennsylvania Avenue; the crowd chants, "U-S-A, U-S-A." (Wait -- isn't that the country from which they wish to secede?)



The yellow Gadsden flag, a favorite of the militia movement, is ubiquitous.



Depicting the president as a "parasite."



At least the bagpipe music was nice: Amazing Grace.



Talk about wrapping yourself in the flag.



This woman and her two daughters traveled from Orlando, Florida, and arrived in colonial style. What moved her to activism? "Taxes," she said.



More Obama love.



Things are worse than I thought.



The march ended at the U.S. Capitol building, where there was a big rally, more against Obama than any one issue. This is Blake from Northern Virginia, pressed into service by his dad, Kevin.



At the reflecting pool on the West Lawn of the Capitol grounds. Look across the water. Those tiny dots? All people. Yup, there were a lot of 'em.



The scene on the West Lawn.



More along the pool.



Summer time has come and gone, my oh my.



They may not like the man, but they love his logo.



Finally, a black face in the crowd.



So nice, I had to blog it twice.



It's all about Hitler. And energy reform.



A difference of opinion: Stalin, dammit -- not Hitler!



And they look so cute and friendly! The guy in the three-corner hat, seeing my press tag, lightly slapped my arm and said, "Behave yourself."



Tired teabaggers practice their Russian.



Kinda says it all, nyet?



Because you just can't get enough of the snake flags.



Guess they've figured out what "teabagging" means.



And proud of it.



Oh, yes, they do.